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You provide not NEARLY enough information to even begin...What TYPE foundation walls?Concrete Block?Cinder Block?Depth?Poured Concrete?What SOIL co...
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which house style is more energy efficient
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building a roof for my patio - ideas?
Contact a professional.It is your only option in Fla.Hurricane codes, roof bracing, and slope considerations makes this nothing a DIYer can handle.
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Metal Roof
Your biggest expense in your particular case is going to be the removal of the original three layers of composite shingles.Most northeast codes all...
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Finger-Jointed lumber used for rafters?
I should already know better than to never say 'never'....I stand corrected.Although I have occaisionally seen finger jointed studs only in my regi...
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basement partition wall
It's best to place 2-3 nailers between and at the bottom of joists, then fasten your partition up thru these nailers.
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Condensation on/from crawlspace ducts??
In warm, moist locations, cralwspaces should NOT be vented in summer.The reason is simple: warmer, moister air will travel into the crawlspace and ...
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Equity Loans for Vacation Homes
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Basement vs Crawl space?
Crawlspaces are much superior to slab construction all the time.Slabs are very difficult to alter for utilities.Crawlspaces can be altered easily f...
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making inside mitred corners on baseboard,chair rail moldings
Coping is "ONE" way to do it, but certainly not "THE" way or the "ONLY" way, nor even the "BEST" way...There are MANY other methods including simpl...
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Finger-Jointed lumber used for rafters?
"Fingerjointed" lumber is not a 'structural' lumber....and any builder worth half his ass or brain knows that."Fingerjointed' lumber can ONLY be us...
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Condensation in crawl space
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Staining of Red Oak Stairs
My first suggestion, although it isn't about staining, is that I hope you ordered your new stairs as a complete prefabricated unit and not as indiv...
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Nope.Do nothing.Just install your fiberglass batts and close the walls.
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Removing paint from a brick fireplace
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foundation cracks
First of all, don't PAINT!Instead use a colored water proof masonry finish such as made by ThoroSeal.ThoroSeal will take care of all of your proble...
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