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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…

August 18, 2024

I'm using 1x6 T&G pine planks for the finished ceiling in a bedroom - should I place furring over the drywall to ensure a tight nailing??

August 16, 2024

I really need to re-grade my yard because the neighbor raised their grade and it causes water pooling along the lot line.I had heard that you can’t add additional soil…

August 14, 2024

HiWe're building an A-frame and we decided to put some skylights on the roof. We picked the small velux deck mounted fixed skylights (FS A06) as well as the Velux…

August 13, 2024

I cannot figure how to use pump jacks on a steep pitch 9/12 roof so that i can get up to the gable to side it.  House is 44' long. …