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December 26, 2016

Need to install a U shaped butcher block counter top in a pantry.  Requires 2 90 degree joints held by title joint hardware and glue. thing is to big to…

December 23, 2016

I am installing new 3/4" engineered hardwood.  The existing floor is 1960s 1/4" hardwood.  Do I have to strip the old hardwood or can I lay the new enginnered hardwood…

December 18, 2016

I hang all of my doors! We even make our own raised-panel, Shaker style doors. Rarely do we order prehung doors. Our doors are hung "just so". Here's how I…

December 15, 2016

Okay we installed a new shower and the built up curb came out rather well. The tile setter installed lath over the waterproof membrane. the lath was mudded and then…

December 12, 2016

I'm turning to the internet for help. My wife and I are building a home in coastal South Carolina. Due to the flood zone we are in, the house will…

December 12, 2016

Greetings,  I'd like to remove some band joist under a doorway for HVAC return air to an addition.. The duct will be worked into box stairs. The doorway is in…

December 8, 2016

So I just completed the outside of this house, and Im working on the inside now. I'll try to load a pic of the cieling and floor plan. This house…

November 30, 2016

Hello.  First time posting and first time building a metal framed wall for a new closet with bifold doors. All of the existing closets in this house are not cased.…

November 29, 2016

any love hate for cadet wall heaters? I wish to have zone heating is a bonus room over the garage for light use, probably excerise romm, maybe a pooltable /…

November 29, 2016

Other picks for reliable pocket door install and operation?