cracks
the result of cracking is nothing major other than you look at that crack everyday. i'd just redo the grid ceiling. depending on the ultimate c...
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weight
260 pounds is okay for the specifications you have given. unless you have a big football player to test it out, for reassurance. should be no p...
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return air
have the cold air returns on the floor and the heat on the ceiling. it may sound weird but this will allow the furnace to pull the cold air off the...
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by the way
on your other post with the show home...i hope the builder is not going to do the same thing of putting the garden dirt up on the brick (as seen on...
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pour lines
if you mean the horizontal lines. that is where the concrete joins from the pour in two stages. filled with concrete to half way and then the rest...
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hole
one way is to cut two peices of 1 by 2 and put them up top in the hole and screw them in then cut a peice of dywall to fit the hole and screw the d...
over 8 years by theeagle
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jacks
depending on a two story house or one story. i have a 20 ton hydralic jack that i use for various lifting. but you need solid ground under it ...
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scrap
thats why wood stoves are so handy. but unless my son can use then for his creations, i leave anything that can be made into some type of moulding ...
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trusses
it is possible depending on the truss construction. but you need to laminate ,using construction adhesive and screws, on the oppisite side of your ...
over 8 years by theeagle
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brittle flooring
from what i have been able to find on the web, the flooring has different grades of goodness. you may have to glue it down. and would a brad nai...
over 8 years by theeagle
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ceiling
depends on how much your building shifts. is the ground dry when it freezes, reducing the uplift. the ceiling twists when the walls uplift. drywa...
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expansion
hotwater heating i am guessing. the pipe actually slides from side to side as at grows longer with the heat on. there was a ask thi s ol d hou s...
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storms
with a humidity of 25% , then there should not be any major condensation on the windows and i know it's cold in boston now. i had forgotton about ...
over 8 years by theeagle
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glue
some beadboard like this is installed using the li quid na ils type glues(in a caulking tube) and then you put the nails where they won't be seen ...
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crown
the crown or bowed up side goes up.then it will(mostly) settle down to a unbowed position.
over 8 years by theeagle
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fan
i'd say take it back unless there is a wiring problem in its junction box.but that does not seem likely, if it is wired properly with marrets on th...
over 8 years by theeagle
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crack
the granite people have epoxys to 'glue' granite together. but... is the crack because of the cabinates shifting.?or structural. if the granite c...
over 8 years by theeagle
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pipes
to do it properly according to the origional specs. then you have to open a wall to put a new duct up to that room. hopefully they left enough of t...
over 8 years by theeagle
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door
the door can sit on the slab. i take it you have an aluminimun threshold. just put caulking under to prevent drafts.
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