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April 3, 2002

We are about to try some RTA (ready to assemble) cabinets.  Boxes are all white melamine, but cab faces (doors and drawer fronts) are all "mission style" stile and rail…

April 3, 2002

How do all of you install your tub drains: plumbers putty or caulking to seal? When you are screwing the drain into the threaded elbow, do you torque/turn the elbow…

April 3, 2002

Was wondering if any body had much experience working with LapTops epoxy resin work surfaces. Im going to using  it in several areas in house Im working on...kitchen counters and…

April 3, 2002

Danny, guess the best I can say here (having seen your post on the general board) is: "Huh?" Are you refering to a "fishscale" of rounded end shingles? Convex under,…

April 3, 2002

My current home that I am buliding basically falls into the "barn" school of architecture.  The entire main structure has a cathedral ceiling.  The roof is on a 6/12 pitch…

April 2, 2002

Hi - I'm hoping for some help with finishing the interior of a pole building.  Building is in use as a kennel (dogs) and has ~13 ft. ceilings.  First 8…

April 2, 2002

I am getting ready to build a bookcase that will also function as a door. I am looking for a lockset that is worked by pulling or tipping a book…

April 2, 2002

We are thinking of renovating the medical clinic where I work. Lots of foot traffic, once-over with the mop every night. The baseboards look disgusting - right now they're the…

April 2, 2002

What is the easiest way to lay down 1x1 in. squares I'll cut and install on a round ,curved wall of the seating area in my master shower plan...?  You…

April 2, 2002

I have a large ugly concrete wall that I want to make pretty and look like stucco.  No one on my small island knows how to do it. What equipment…