Internal Chimney Leak
Got an annoying internal Chimney leak. Basically you can hear the water dripping but cannot see it. Sounds like it is hitting the top of the Fireplace unit itse...
Got an annoying internal Chimney leak. Basically you can hear the water dripping but cannot see it. Sounds like it is hitting the top of the Fireplace unit itse...
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answersI am thinking of adding a ridge vent to my house. I am getting ice on the nail tips. I have a continuous soffitt vent and 2 gable vents on the ends that are par...
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answersAfter reading mmany posts on this message board. I thought someone might be able to help me. I have a 3 1/2 yr old house with a very steep roof that I cannot get...
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answersAnyone have any experience with gutter filters? These are foam "space fillers" that let water drain through but keep leaves and other stuff out. I'm considering u...
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answersWhat I am looking for is pre-colored and pre-formed aluminum fascia boards and drip edges. I would like to find these items in a tan or "sand" color. If anyone ...
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answersHi..just on the south side of the house, under the eave, the siding keeps chipping down to the aluminum. Most of it is gone, have had handymen paint it then the p...
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answersMy sister is having the siding replaced on her house. Ice dam damage has created an area of dry rot on the plywood and into the 2x4 underneath. The contractor rep...
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answersWhat is the easiest way to cut a hole in a tin roof for a stove pipe?
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answersWe are building a new house and will be shingling it soon. The main roof is a 9/12 pitch with a reverse gable running into itat a 12/12 pitch.Now Im not sure whic...
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answersI live in the Gunderson Historic District in Oak Park, Il. So many, many houses have the large 16" french method shingles and many,many others have the 2 or 3 tab...
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answersWe have a Four Seasons Sunroom that is leaking and need help. The company that put it together went outta business, so I cannot get them out to fix it, and from t...
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answersWe need to put a new roof on our farmhouse, which is in a heavily wooded area and which currently has a cedar shake roof. Our contractor has advised us not to se...
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answersI am Building a 12 x 24 Shed. I am getting ready to install the shingles and read somewere someone said somthing about glue. with it being colder, Should i be usi...
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answersA couple of months ago Bob Vila featured the application of a redwood veneer plywood exterior siding on a construction project. It was manufactured by a native p...
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answersWe recently had a new roof installed. We discovered that the interior opening is only about 1/3 of the size of the exterior ridge vent. Can you tell us what the...
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answersNeed to add an overhang where one does not exist from the eave line of the roof so that that gutter is not at the house edge. There is no soffit on the house. P...
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answersI have a 10x10 storage shed with a 7/12 pitch hip roof that comes to a peak at the top and my question was how to cap the peak with shingles or if there was a pro...
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answersMy roof is 15 years old. The old shingled roof was just removed and new shingles installed. I think the roofers might have broken some of the 5/8ths inch plywood...
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answersAfter roofers stripped the original shingles (15 yrs. old), they rolled on new tar paper and placed the new shingles. Here and there I see a lumpy appearance of ...
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answersDoes anyone have any opinions on using stucco, dryvit, or EIFS in the northeast.We are planning on bricking the front of the house and using an alternate material...
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