vent at each end...
Ridge vents are fine, but my experience is that they hardly take the place of the traditional gable vents, and work best in tendem with them. You s...
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about 9 years by treebeard
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go gable...
I can't attest to the cost differential between the two, but the gable roof will be easier to construct, and regarding traditional architecture, it...
about 9 years by treebeard
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corner posts only...
The corner posts and gate posts are the only ones you might need to set in concrete. Both of these posts have stresses on them that line posts do not.
about 9 years by treebeard
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dehumidifiers are just fine...
...but as has been pointed out above, the dehumidifier won't resolve the problem you're having with water coming in to the basement. Seek professio...
about 9 years by treebeard
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That's a start...
I've pretty much been used to predrilling everything I've used to decking, except PT, of course. So the predrilling thing wouldn't be of significan...
about 9 years by treebeard
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Composite decking - your experience...
As I have no experience with these new composite decking materials, but will have a need this year to demolish 2 decks and build new ones, I'm look...
about 9 years by sebring95
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new wall
Unfortunately, on the surface of it, it sounds like you're in need of a new wall, and a major wall at that. Your best bet would be to contact a loc...
about 9 years by treebeard
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drainage
Unless the stone mat that you're suggesting had permeable material beneath it, or a method of draining off the water that would collect in the ston...
about 9 years by treebeard
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call him back...
How out of level is the deck? Call the contractor back and tell him to fix things.
about 9 years by treebeard
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neither....
Unless you're planning to move this deck about and use the 2x4's as skids, I think you'd be much better off forgetting the 2x4's, forget the stone ...
about 9 years by treebeard
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Right mind..?
I would assume that experience loses out to opinion here, homebuld? Of course a jackhammer is a better option. But it's not the only one. The old m...
about 9 years by treebeard
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keep it porous...
Air and water in the soil that tree roots search for to feed the tree enter the ground only through the ground surface. Keeping the ground surface ...
about 9 years by treebeard
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more information...?
I think you'll havae to provide a little more information for anyone here to provide an answer.... Where does the ice form? Ground? Roof? Drivew...
about 9 years by treebeard
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how much energy you got??
Yes, even a seven inch slab can be broken up by hand using that method. But it will take more blows and perhaps a heavier hammer (I use a 20lb). Yo...
about 9 years by treebeard
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you can do it...
...if you have a couple of the right tools. A sledge hammer is a must. A long pry bar would be good, too. If the slab is only 3-4 inches thick, ...
about 9 years by treebeard
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depends...
If it's pointy pickets you want, then you should stay with your design. Pickets have been around for...welll...a very long time. And the end grain ...
about 9 years by treebeard
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plumbbob...
Get yourself an assistant, a stiff measuring tape, and a plumbbob with 8-10' of string attached. Have your helper hold the tape against the hous...
about 9 years by treebeard
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gravel is better...
My personal and professional experience has always been to use gravel and not concrete in these situations. Gravel can, indeed, be compacted suffic...
about 9 years by treebeard
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Not an ellipse...
The OP asked about an arc...not an ellipse. Using the 9'-6" as the chord length, and the 17" as the segment height, the radius is 8'-8 1/16". An el...
about 9 years by treebeard
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pencil and string...
If you're going to use plywood, I'd butt 2 sheets together, and from the corner where they butt, measure out 4'-9" on each sheet (one helf of your ...
about 9 years by treebeard
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