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March 21, 2002

I plan on laying tile in an upstairs bathroom. I am going with 3/8" x 16" on the floor. Do I need to lay a mud floor for this size…

March 21, 2002

I have a wood frame house with plywood sheathing which Cultured Stone was installed over. After long periods of soaking rain or short periods of wind driven rain I will…

March 21, 2002

I'm starting to work on building up my old garage and turn it into a workshop. Presently I have 2x8 joists running overhead on 24" centers. Should I put more…

March 21, 2002

i've got to replace a 20 deep sink in a beautiful granite countertop that has no room to install a new standard size sink -- can't find any source of…

March 20, 2002

What would be the best hardwood floor product installed directly over concrete?  Preferably finish on site as the customer wants some mixed species and border around the perimeter of the field. The…

March 20, 2002

I have three questions on a current remodel project:   1 Building paper behind siding.  I have read all the articles in fine Homebuilding concering weep screens behind cedar siding. …

March 20, 2002

I am in the process of installing tile in a new shower.  I was thinking of using 12" x 12" (cut on diagonal, 2 out) 1/2" thick corain as shelves…

March 19, 2002

* Has anyone had any experience with using screw nails to attach composite decking such as "TREX"? I will shoot them through my Max Nailer. How do the nails hold…

March 19, 2002

* I am cloning this topic from over at the woodworkers cafe I have made many stupid workshop blunders-----this is my first one- 7th grade woodshop class-----my project---make a pair…

March 19, 2002

* What are some of the non-obvious things I should be looking for as far as building codes for mini-storage? I am looking at building a 40'-0" x 100'-0" unit…