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tile backer
May 6, 2002

Has anybody used Georgia-pacific'c Dens-shield tile backer? I've used it once and i like it for ease of installation? Anybody have problems with it? lew
Ceiling Texture
May 6, 2002

20034.1 Just wondering about the proper way to do ceiling texture. I helped a couple times, and we mixed the accoustical texture with paint and sprayed it right out of…
Plans for a reinforced room.
May 5, 2002

O.K. I posted this over on one of the other sites and didn't get much of a response. Maybe it's because I have it all covered. What do you guys…
gambrels
May 5, 2002

ive been building for over 20 years and have never built a gambrel. i start one tomorrow.it seems to me that there needs to be a wall supporting the joint…
Designing a Pergola
May 5, 2002

Hi there all,I'm new here but I did try a search on this.I have the footprint of the pergola worked out already and I'm wondering about the spacing of the…
Shower floor
May 4, 2002

I installed an ADA shower. It replaced a bathtub, so it's 30" x 60". I bought a unit from Mustee: base, wall panels, drip rail (for between the base and…
Cat 5 wire and RG6
May 4, 2002

Dear Breaktime I am building a large addition on my house,and I am starting to wire it now.I just finished the article in the march issue of Fine Homebuilding about…
knocking out wall…..advice please
May 4, 2002

My husband and I are waiting for the closing of our new house. We have already decided that the wall between the kitchen and living room must go. It is…
Siding shingle flare-out bottom
May 3, 2002

Can someone describe in words how the bottom-courses flareout, commonly seen on well-detailed homes with cedar siding, is done? Do we just spike on some bevel claps as a means…
self leveling delamination
May 3, 2002

Self leveling cement is delaminating off of concrete floor with old asbestos tile flooring adhesive on it, tiles are popping with the leveling cement attached mostly. There is some of…

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