Caradco and Crestline Windows
Either are acceptable for modest quality homes. Overall, on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the very best in custom wood windows, these are about three or f...
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Smelly wood
What kind of wood is it?Usually, cedar is used for something like this because the smell is favoured.If you used a bad smelling wood, you'll have to seal it with ...
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answersupdated about 18 years ago by Piffin
Flashing installed "on top" of shingles!
Although this may not leak, it is sloppy workmanship. If you choose not to accept it, the two muscles you have are how your contract was written and the fact that...
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answersupdated about 18 years ago by Piffin
Asbestos tile in the basement
If these are not loose/friable, there is no reason to be alarmed. With the carpet over them, there is little liklyhood that they can be turned into dust producing...
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brown bedroom
Yes, Plan to have more light fixtures than in momst rooms. The dark colour will absorb light and be depressing.
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sheathing a garage
There are so many varieties of interpretation to this that you need to contact the local building inspector and your insurance underwriter for the answer to be su...
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cedar poisoning????
It depends what kind of cedar you used. Red cedar causes sensitivity in more people than white cedar.Cedar grows in wet ground well. One thing that it has to adap...
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Can I paint the inside of a fireplace and with what?
Cinderblock should not be used for a fireplace interior anyway. It should be firebrick! I have seen many painted black with heat resistant paint from the auto par...
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Can I have stained & white baseboards in my house?
Certainly!In the old classic homes I work on, it was common to have the most highly detailed trim work in the formal rooms such as sitting room, grand hall, and l...
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Vinyl siding over foam insulation board
Maybe, maybe not.Lot of other issues involved in the answer. You're probably Ok but...
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Cleaning eggs off of asphalt roof
You don't live next door to the lateacher do you ? See the other thread.Whole lotta eggin goin on
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Fiberglass vs. asphalt shingles in cold weather
I wouldn't haver anything but the fibreglas.
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Egg Stains on Roofing Shingles
You don't say what kind of shingles you have. If common asphaltic type, I suppose that a pressure washer on low setting or a scrub brush with soapy water. Eggs ar...
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splash board
If it is primarily attached with glue, most glues are thermoplastic, meaning that heat from a heat gun or a hair dryer will soften them to some degree.
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cathedral cieling
You not only need to be concerned about insulation a vapour bariers but structural framing. If the house is roof framed with trusses you will create a disaster. I...
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crown molding joints
It can be done either way well.If he is doing good work otherwise, you would be foolish to try to tell a professional how to do his work.
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Deck Screws or what?
Screws goooood for the deck surface but for structural members, they have far less shear strength and most building codes don't recognize them. You could fail an ...
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Average Cost of Working Drawings for Kitchen
You can get something for free but the rule still applies that you get what you pay for.In general, architechtural services will run 6-8% of project cost for draw...
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Stair recommendations
Elevators are getting more common in residences.
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basement access
Short answers are:Sometimes yesThat dependsNobody here knows your soils conditions and local permitting rules or labor rates or what kind of foundation you have n...
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