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T1-11 Plywood Siding
August 2, 2002

I live in an 18 year old house which is sided with 5/8" T1-11 fir siding with redwood or cedar 1/4 (rough surface) corner board and window trim. All the…
Refinish old-growth fir floor
August 2, 2002

The second floor of our house is old growth fir, 4" or so board width. One of the bedrooms was previously done with a drum sander that left some grooves…
installing heart pine on concrete slab
August 2, 2002

I would like to know suggested methods of installing tongue & groove heart pine flooring on a concrete slab floor.
Framing Open-beam Roofs
August 2, 2002

Hello all. I am looking for information on how to frame a 46 x 46 open beam (4x10 48" OC) hip roof on the ground before craning into place. I would…
cutting out subfloor
August 2, 2002

Hi All, I'm new to this great forum and very happy to be here. I really enjoy the problem-solving that goes on here. My question is about cutting a subfloor…
Decking techniques on stairs
August 2, 2002

We're rebuilding our front porch, and approaching the point at which we'll be replacing the stairs -- nine treads, six feet wide (Victorian house). The old treads were pretty rotted…
Repair of basement floor
August 2, 2002

I plan to build a bathroom in the basement which will require demolition of part of the floor to install sewage pipe runs and a grinder/pump to get the sewage…
building a tiled bathtub
August 2, 2002

We had been down in Mexico a little while back and all the bathrooms I saw had tubs made out of tile. Have any readers ever done this? I'm curious about…
Cantilever underside finish
August 1, 2002

I have a 2 foot second floor cantilever. As it stands right now I look up at the bottom of the TJI's which extend out to carry the floor and wall…
End support for residential Steel I-Beam
August 1, 2002

I have several 8" Steel I-beams in the ceiling of my walkout basement supporting the upper floors of my 12 year-old house. Being a walkout, one end of the beams…

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