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April 30, 2002

Hello,  My wife and I took a big plunge and bought a beautiful piece of property in the northwest hills of Connecticut.  We are in the last stages of completing…

April 30, 2002

Besides redwood, does anyone have suggestions for woods to use screening in a porch?  The screens and such will be painted.

April 30, 2002

Hello All! I'm in the process of building the porch on a new home I'm constructing for myself. The floor will be tongue and groove fir and will obviously have…

April 30, 2002

I will be applying white cedar shingles to the exterior of a cabin I own this spring and was hoping someone had a recommendation for a website or book which…

April 30, 2002

I was wondering if anyone out there has used bolted shear key connections between heavy timbers rather than the common timberframe practice of a scarf joint.  I am building a…

April 30, 2002

HELP, I need to cut crown moldings for dog house dormers. What angles do I use to mitre top cut for a 10 pitch roof? Also bottom cut for level…

April 30, 2002

In our office, we just finished a project with steel studs and gypsum sheathing.  We normally like concrete masonry unit wall back-up with hydrocide coating behind brick veneer, but economics has caused…

April 30, 2002

Goal: We would like to apply manufactured stone to the exposed portion (above grade and below siding--about 16 inches) of poured basement wall. Current situation: the mudsills were installed flush…

April 30, 2002

Hey Guys, I have a customer who has an enclosed deck. The floor is the original deck and it was enclosed but not insulated. The walls are all T&G cedar…

April 30, 2002

I would not glue anything to the sheet metal. Cementious Backerboard Units ("CBU's) are designed to be nailed and/or screwed to a substrate. Slapping some mastic on sheet metal and…