Q. Tim, what are your thoughts on burying electric and cable TV lines? I can buy approved cable and wire that’s rated for direct burial, saving the cost of installing it in conduit. What’s been your ...

Running electrical wire through conduit is tricky business. An extra set of hands, wire pulling lubricant and a good quality fish tape will make the job easier. Step 1: Turn off the power supply to ...

What do you know about rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conduit? I had almost no experience with it until I spent a brutal, windy Minnesota fall installing 4 in. PVC conduit underground at a new ...

We will live in it for a while after I finish the remodel, but if I am still dissatisfied, we will move into the apartment over the shop, clean this place up, buy a piece of land a little further out ...

Just wondering what folks' go-to "string" was for pulling runs through existing house walls. I thought (hoped?) that what appeared to be conduit into my house's wiring box went all the way to the ...

Something as simple as installing conduit bodies (such as LBs) should require little thought as far as sizing goes, especially in cases where there are no splices involved. Surprisingly enough, this ...

In my years as a custom AV integrator, I’ve seen many homeowners placed in difficult situations because of poor pre-wiring by either themselves or a contractor. The possible pitfalls are many, but so ...