French Drain on Outside
Not sure what a 1 inch gap between foundation wall and interior slab has to do with your exterior french drain. Your humidifier should be draine...
Not sure what a 1 inch gap between foundation wall and interior slab has to do with your exterior french drain. Your humidifier should be draine...
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ViewsUnder the new Pennsylvania adopted UCC (Uniform Construction Code) it does not matter what type insulation you use in your basement but whatever in...
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ViewsAll respect due to Piffin and Glenn Goode but their take on code is wrong. Code is set in legal stone in all states as of this writing but Wyomi...
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ViewsUnder most US codes your current framing and proposed weight will cause no problem whatever. The proposed 1000 lb or so live load (500lb stone a...
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ViewsSome gutter drops terminate in underground drain systems that usually go to 'daylight' downslope from the home. These are designed to channel wa...
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ViewsMost building codes have no 'standards' nor ant requirements for minimum closets sizes or requirements for closets in homes at all. That said, w...
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ViewsUnfortunatley, state and city code requirements usually dictate that you present them with all scaled front, rear and side elevations, a plat and p...
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ViewsLooks like a good forum topic area to debunk radon to mold to termites to every other kind of nonsense....
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ViewsPoster asked: " But on the particular model we are having built, the roof has several sections at various heights with dormers and shed roofs an...
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ViewsYou have lots of options including epoxy fillers placed under the screw flange of the toilet into which the hold-down screws are placed. If you ...
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ViewsIf the trusses and floor sheathing are of ground contact treated lumber... AND if there is a vapor barrier over the floor trusses and under the ...
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ViewsIf your home's foundation is indeed built on a slab below grade then your basement dewatering people have every right to be concerned about cutting...
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ViewsGenerally speaking the answer is no unless your coal chute meets the minimum depth, width, height and State code requirements for basement egress w...
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ViewsWax rings fail because once sealed, the seal breaks and fails. This is usually caused by toilet wobble, and an uneven concrete floor is often th...
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ViewsAll due respect to Glenn but you have not provided any code reference that suggests what I stated was 'wrong'... nor is the fact that local jurisdi...
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ViewsNothing special here. Drywall is finished just as it would be anywhere else except that you should be using MR (moisture resistant) drywall and mig...
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ViewsThe ICC (International Codes Council) IRC (International Residential Code) used in most US States. If you know of any code that contradicts my a...
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