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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?…
seating tubs on foam vs. concrete
February 7, 2002

* i've been working around bathrooms in an apartment complex, repairing drywall damaged from tub leaks. i've noticed numerous cracks in these tubs, particularly at stress points where horizontal meet…
Deck Clips
February 7, 2002

* Just finished a deck using Simpson's clips and they seem to be pretty good for soft wood. I am just about to start a Maghony deck and was thinking…

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