Construction Techniques Archives - Page 302 of 2485

April 1, 2012

Does anyone out there in construction land know of any place where I can get  either blue prints or construction plans on the building of a wooden cupola for on…

March 31, 2012

Am getting ready to install quarter sawn vertical grain hemlock beveled siding over "home slicker plus typar" rain screen with integral house wrap. The siding is 5 1/2" beveled I…

March 30, 2012

Turns out everything I have done in the past has been wrong. I've tried to be a good "energy saver" using expensive Poly-Iso foam sheets on both sides. Its all…

March 30, 2012

I have a house with a wood foundation. We live in an area that has good drainage, sandy and gravelly soils that are well sloped away from the house, and wood foundations…

March 30, 2012

I'm remodeling basement and have torn out the wood paneling (circa 1977).  Behind it is unfinished sheetrock that the paneling was partially glued to.  There are strips of torn paper…

March 29, 2012

l have built porch columns with 1 buy pine boards.  sealed and two coats of paint but the knots are bleading through.  How do i get this to stop.

March 29, 2012

I have a question that I believe was answered in the magazine but I can't seem to find it.  In the Dec 2011/Jan 2012 issue there is an article entitled…

March 27, 2012

When I was fixing the framing from the earlier post I made a sad, sad realization... That the wet walls for the master bath and laundry were really, really uh,…

March 26, 2012

As a wannabe  home remodeler I'm ready to tape my first whole room.  At what point does the corner bead get installed?  I'm thinking after the tape coat? But maybe…

March 25, 2012

I'm putting in a heating mat below tile while renovating my master bathroom. The old floor is a 1/2" waferboard-like product over 3 1/2 inch planks.  From the archives, it…