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June 28, 2002

I have a prospective client with damaged Innerseal panels. The damage consists of sunk nails and a little swelling. You can't put your fingers through it and there are no…

June 28, 2002

Hey all, I'm preparing a bay in my shop for a future wooden boat restoration. I will need a couple hoists so I can flip the old thing and someday…

June 28, 2002

could anyone recomend a book, artical, website that showes the framing of different styles of gazebo roofs, thanks, sawman

June 28, 2002

Make that advice. I need to construct a temporary covered structure.  Looking for ideas on most cost effective design concept.  Assuming stock components needed for approx 3yr. length 100' width…

June 28, 2002

I'm finishing up my bathroom and am ready to vent out my exhaust fan...it happens to be very close to my upstairs bathroom, which uses 4" flexible duct to reach…

June 28, 2002

I just received 90 sq ft of soapstone tile that I'll be using for countertops.  Has anyone worked with this stuff?  How should it be installed? What type of substrate?…

June 27, 2002

hey guys, I need some tips on framing an irregular hip roof. (all I've ever done in the past all had the same pitch. house is 35' 1" wide- end…

June 27, 2002

  I am in the process of turning a detached garage into living space. I live in the northwest where rain is a fact of life. I have three questions:…

June 27, 2002

Hello All. I have a concrete slab in my garage that is cleverly pitched toward the entry door to the rest of the house, instead of toward the driveway. Rain…

June 27, 2002

A 40' foot section of the front of my home is clad with brick and cedar shingles that supposedly date from the 1950's. The rest of the exterior is stucco. I need to…