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December 16, 2021

Hello everyone!I've been loving the questions and overall helpful attitude this community brings. Super excited to ask my first question, so here it goes.Background:Home is an 1875 single (modified to…

December 16, 2021

I want to build a retaining wall on the hill behind my new house using those retaining wall block, the slope of the hill is around 30-35%, I was wondering…

December 15, 2021

Question for any "out of the box" plumbers out there. Our 1920 bungalow has a 1960's or 70's shower that is a hideous coral color and has a seashell shaped…

December 13, 2021

Hello,New to the forum. I used to be a framer, and have built 2 houses for myself to live in of the last decade. I am designing a third house…

December 9, 2021

All,I’m building home and we had our basement wall poured on 10/23, excavator backfilled in preparation of pouring basement floor and I noticed this crack in what will be a…

December 9, 2021

i was looking to neaten up a closet, and wanted to drywall inside. It is a old closet/ house and bumped into tan issue where the divide between the closet…

December 7, 2021

I have a log home repair problem.  The log home is made of White Pine d-logs but has lodgepole pine in many areas inside and out.  There aren't any issues…

December 6, 2021

How does one establish a capillary break between the footer and an ICF/I’ve never seen one depicted with a membrane (delta) imbedded on the top of just laid footer or…

December 6, 2021

Hello - When i demo'd my bathroom, i took out blocking around the edge of one wall.  Now I'm trying to put some back in for the drywall (or strapping)…

December 4, 2021

I am going to build two 4’x12’ sheds attached to the exterior of the house (per HOA requirements).  The house is wood framed above concrete filled cinder block on concrete footer foundation…