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October 9, 2017

Need some suggestions here.  Contractor just finished shower and the overhead shower hole was put on an angle so my trim piece won't work.  It might be hard to see…

October 8, 2017

My question is: do I need to insist that the contractor remove all lightwieght joint compound before applying hardcoat veneer plaster?  if not all, then how much? where?

October 7, 2017

I'm cedar shingling a wall of our house (coastal Maine) which has a deck.  What should I do under the deck?  There is about 16 inches of wall under the…

October 5, 2017

Hey first time poster here. So I bought a 70s house and have been working hard at getting the place renovated. The upstairs bathroom was a tub/shower setup with a…

October 3, 2017

My home build on 1908 in Oakland , California . Just installed an attic ladder to access the attic and  to use attic  as storage but later I am planning to…

October 2, 2017

I currently have some contractors replacing the front porch on my 1910 home in Minnesota. They installed fir tongue & groove, perpendicular to the house. When it rains, water rolls…

October 1, 2017

When cedar shingling a wall how do I end the course at the soffit?  I've seen them butted up to the trim, under the trim (which pushes the trim out)…

September 25, 2017

I have 3 squares of Timberline 30  year roofing shingles left over from roofing my house. They are aproximately 10 years old, still in the original wrappers and have been…

September 24, 2017

I live in washington state,Grays harbour county. Planing to build a house with a rectangular four corners plan . Lot is flat/leveled. I have desire for slab and crawlspace type…

September 22, 2017

So I am here in hopes someone can please help me!! Me and my husband bought a piece of land back in January. Unfotanately due to the slope alot of…