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February 13, 2002

* I have a problem concerning halogen lights in my ceiling. Since they produce a lot of heat can they damage the vapor barrier that I placed underneath the drywall?…

February 13, 2002

* After paying to get a plaster ceiling fixed where part of the finish coat fell, and looking at lots of work to scrape flaking primer (no lead) off the…

February 12, 2002

* This house was built 20 yrs ago. Looks like they have used marine carpet over green plywood. The carpet is wrinkled really bad. It will need to be fixed…

February 12, 2002

* A recent remodel raised the ceiling in the great room. An LVL beam was installed under the ridge beam to carry the load and 2X nailers were installed running…

February 11, 2002

* Framing interior walls, Do I need to add blocking between rafter along walls for sheetrock ceiling to screw to. rafters are 24 oc.

February 11, 2002

* Does anyone know what the spacing for screws in drywall is? 5/8 rock on ceiling, 24" spacing on joist. 1/2 rock on walls, 16" spacing. Does the code vary…

February 11, 2002

* hi guy's. for those who don't know already, i'm from ireland and am building my own place soon. we don't have the supplies that you lot have, so i…

February 11, 2002

* SHMBO and I thinking of making our 1.5 story 1920's house a true 2 story by removing roof and building up. First floor ceiling joists are 2x6x12.5 on each…

February 11, 2002

* I am remodeling a room which has the back of my fireplace. It had been boxed in, but I found when I removed the framing hiding it that the…

February 11, 2002

* I'm in initial stages of planning and layout for fishing off my basement for a play room. Any input on considerations for sealing the walls to keep out moisture…