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roll roofing
February 8, 2002

* i am starting a small roofing business and plan on consecrating on three tab shingles, but a guy at work needs a roof replaced over a porch and it…
Copper (??) weatherstrip in old exter…
February 8, 2002

* Does anybody know where you can get this kind of weatherstrip? There are plenty of modern substitutes that would work fine, but I would like to replace with the…
Exposed Brick – How to Clean?
February 8, 2002

* I recently exposed the brick on an inside wall of my 1900 home and am now searching for a way to clean it up a bit. I understand that…
Swimming Pool Enclosures
February 8, 2002

* Building 70 x 30 enclosure - Chicago area. Would appreciate advice/suggestions from "experience"; especially as relates to "vapor barrier". Construction is: 2x6 end walls, glulams (front posts and overhead)7ft…
Interior house painting sequence
February 8, 2002

* What is the minimum standard as far as interior house painting of enamal woodwork on tract homes. I assume that an association sets the guidelines. What I am looking…
Brick Work
February 7, 2002

* We'd like to put a door where a window currently is. We have a brick house. I've tried to find books on toothing the brick to make the opening.…
rafter lengths
February 7, 2002

* How do you figure out how long a rafter is? You take the height from the ridge board to the top plate and half the width of the house…
Leveling floor in bathroom
February 7, 2002

* The floor in my new bathroom is not level (about 3/8" low toward tub drain)and I don't want the tub to follow this condition (the installation instructions state the…
Bedroom egress
February 7, 2002

* Anybody have any first hand experience with code interpretation regarding bedroom egress? The situation is this - second floor bedroom has a door that leads into a hall. Directly…
Nailing cedar siding
February 7, 2002

* I am going to side my house with 6" cedar horizontal bevel siding. The siding will have a 4" reveal. Should I blind nail or face nail the siding?…

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