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November 13, 2018

 Hi, First time post and I’m in a bit of a panic.  

November 8, 2018

I'm having a new shower pan installed. Attached are pics. I'm concerned that from everything I've researched on how to do a rubber liner, sealing the corners is important, no…

November 6, 2018

I have an early 1900's ballon framed house that clearly had some DIY work a long time ago that wasn't done very well.  The crawl space was dug out to…

November 3, 2018

Renovating a largish split level ranch. The house needs new siding and the existing 2 x 4 frame walls are filled with fiberglass batts. there are 2 issues I am…

October 31, 2018

I have a second floor sunken living room that I would like to raise to the surrounding floor level. I am considering using rigid foam board to take up the…

October 28, 2018

(Not sure I picked the right forum) Hi, first post. We just bought a 4K sq.ft. farmhouse in the Catskills and are about to start major renovations. It's a wood…

October 28, 2018

We remodeled our bathroom 11 years ago and now the shower floor shows signs of mold and deterioration.  What is the best way to repair or replace it?   

October 27, 2018

I need to remove part of the popcorn finish on the ceiling above our shower, to make some repairs to minor water damage (due to leakage from the tub above). …

October 20, 2018

First apologies if this has been asked.  New member and couldn’t find a forum search tool.

October 19, 2018

Started to work on a Habitat for Humanity house.  It will be a duplex, basement with two floors above; the roof will be an six pitch with gabels. While trying…