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September 12, 2024

Currently living in a modular rancher just under 1200 sqft 3 bed 1 bath on a crawlspace foundation, roof is truss so the bottom chords/ceiling joists are 2x4. My wife…

September 10, 2024

Has anyone seen wood framing done this way?The framer laid out 5-1/4" cut strips of 5/8"plywood (scrap happen to be painted blue) for his 2x6 wall layout instead of chalk…

September 9, 2024

Is it really possible to finish a flat 9ft tall drywall ceiling that has no texture, satin paint and a triple window spanning about 10 ft in the wall to…

September 3, 2024

Is framing a floor using 2-ply beams (2, 2x12) and 2x6 sill plates ok?I'm wondering about the 2 1/2" interior overhang of the sill.

September 3, 2024

Looking for some advice on how to remove tile from a wedi shower pan, curb, and wall. The incorrect grout was used on the original install of river stone tile…

August 29, 2024

I’m building some stairs off my patio. I’m dealing with an incline. I built a box step using 2x6s. I have two steps. At the bottom I’d like to have…

August 28, 2024

I am pouring a patio up against a stone foundation and stone retaining wall.  What's the preferred way to attach a foam expansion joint to laid stone?  I have used…

August 28, 2024

Having had a home where the previous owner used silicone along the meeting walls of a shower stall, I hesitate to do the same thing. What that produced was soaked…

August 26, 2024

I’m remediating some water damage and the bottom half of the sheathing (if you want to call foil and cardstock sheathing) has rotted away. I’m going to remove all of…

August 19, 2024

I'm in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. I have a reproduction of a craftman-style house that was built in 2006. The house has non-load bearing columns. The columns do…