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January 12, 2002

* Are there any web sites that show the brst ways to install metal roof flaching like between asphalt shingles and chimneys, walls, etc? - situations where multiple pieces are…

January 12, 2002

* I’ll be placing 2x4 stud walls around my foundation walls. However, due to the presence of expansive soils the basement slab floats, so I have to allow for possible…

January 12, 2002

* My friend wants to do his countertop by casting, in place, 7/8" thickness of concrete over an exterior 3/4" plywood underlayment. Does anyone have experience with this? The articles…

January 12, 2002

* Just finishing a house with horizontal trim lines throughout. Didn't do it right and fought problems with things being out of whack. If I had it to do over,…

January 11, 2002

* Moved into a 2 story, 2 1/2 bath home 3 years ago with wife & 5 kids. All 5 kids and 1 messy Dad share same bathroom, which we…

January 11, 2002

* I am beginning construction of a new home for my family, but the plan my wife chose (I know, don't laugh)has a large center section with scissor trusses spanning…

January 10, 2002

* I am remodeling my basement and want to remove one of the supporting columns. I have been told that I can do this if I sandwich the beam with…

January 10, 2002

* It seems that every kitchen I install has copious amounts of the factory finished moldings, especially crown. The current job I am on has upper cabinets that alternate in…

January 10, 2002

* Have never been able to figure out how to protect both my eyes and my breathing. When I wear a dust mask and glasses (or goggles) my glasses fog…

January 10, 2002

* In a bedroom I will be constructing a stud wall perpendicular to an exposed brick chimney. Any hints on getting a nice clean corner where the sheetrock and the…