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March 16, 2017

Ok, new construction.   Wood windows and trim to be stain finished. 1.  Do you / Can you / should you, finish the windows while installed, finish trim on racks then…

March 14, 2017

Hello All, I am installing an addition onto my house, it's about 40 ft long by 12 feet wide. I believe the roof style is called a "patio roof", where…

March 11, 2017

I'm asking for creative ideas. I want to desing something functional and attractive for this drab ranch. The design must address an important consideration: the accumulation of rain water and…

March 11, 2017

We're building a house and the architect has designed it such that one of the basement foundation walls is a foot from the lot line with our neighbor. The neighbor…

March 9, 2017

And the fur was really flying.

March 8, 2017

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me with the proper way to bracket two 6x12 headers to the top of a 6x6 post at a corner (i.e. 90 degree…

March 8, 2017

I'm a little undecided on how to proceed. We are currently looking at tiling a fireplace surround.  The structure is roughly 15' high, 8' wide, constructed of cement board screwed…

March 7, 2017

  Hi all   I have a 20+ year old wooden garage door and the bottom metal horizontal rail (the one that has the rubber weatherstripping underneath) needs to be…

March 3, 2017

I remember reading about trim on the picket side of a picket door being a brush material. guy said it kept dust and stuff out off the pocket and sealed…

February 28, 2017

The panels for my house were just delivered and this is how the siding looks.