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Painting a concrete flr. over mastic?
April 14, 2002

I have a concrete floor that has a black mastic "residue" left behind after the former owner pulled up all the 9x9 resilient tiles. I want to paint this floor.…
Reducing Sound on Exterior Walls
April 14, 2002

I have a client that lives directly adjacent to a busy highway in Southern California- the 605 Northbound for those from the area. They want to add a family room…
Trusses is #2 grade SYP okay
April 14, 2002

I have a choice in floor and roof trusses, one company builds with #1 grade southern yellow pine in the top and bottom cords and the less expensive companys trusses…
Steel framing doors
April 14, 2002

Hi all, I am new to this forum, and have done an unsucessful search for an answer, so please forgive me if this subject has already been covered... I am…
cantilevered balcony
April 14, 2002

Howdie ,I guess I,ve been looking in the wrong places so here I am. I want to put a balcony off the second story of my house, not terribly deep…
2×4 vs 2×6 Framing
April 14, 2002

Planning to build a garage 24'x30'. Debating whether to use 2x4s 16" O.C. or 2x6s 24" O.C. for wall framing. What are the advs and disadv's of each . Thanks…
Mildewed Rotted Outter Band
April 13, 2002

In the middle of a job that some water damage occured and rotted the subfloor, underlayment, floor joists, and mildewed the outside bands (some rot on the outside bands ). …
Form boards reused
April 13, 2002

This is our first home building experience. The builder is recycling the concrete foundation form boards as the sheething for the house. This seems OK except what about all the…
roof construction
April 13, 2002

I need to figure out how to build a barrell roof the dimensiois for the rooof itself is 9 feet 9 inches and 3/8(w) by 72 in and 1/4. I…
Waterproofing membrane for shower stall
April 13, 2002

We are going to be remodeling our master bath. We have a shower stall that I'm in the process of tearing out, all the old tile and drywall etc. it…

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