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September 21, 2020

I am building a 1100 sf apartment in my shop for my in-laws.  We are adding the joists for the ceiling.  I was going to overlap the 2x8s over the…

September 19, 2020

I'm remodeling a house and one of the things that i have to do is remove a 1930's 0r 1940's era water softener from the basement and hopefully off to…

September 19, 2020

We are in the middle of a complete remodel of our house in Sonoma County, CA.  The exterior is being updated with Zip-R sheathing, new windows and doors, and Hardie…

September 17, 2020

Hey everyone, I just ordered hidden fastener metal roofing from Menards. The reason I ordered this stuff is because I did not want a chance for the exposed fastener screw…

September 16, 2020

I'm building an outdoor office for my wife.  The building is new 2x4 stud construction on a concrete pad.  The building is 20'X10'.  The botton story has an 8' ceiling…

September 16, 2020

Hello everyone, I'm hoping to find some carpenters out there to help answer a few questions and share your knowledge. Google can only help so far and it seems a…

September 16, 2020

I am breaking ground on a house this fall (I know not ideal timing).  We live in the PNW, so it will definitely rain during framing/roofing.  We intend to do…

September 14, 2020

Planning to do some work on my brick veneer  garage and house and never worked with brick before. With the exception of the 1st floor wooden lintel replacement the majority…

September 14, 2020

Hello!We are installing vertical cedar cladding as part of a ventilated rainscreen on a cabin we are building. We got the cedar rough and are finishing it into shiplap. I'd…

September 13, 2020

Hello everyone!     Long time follower first-time poster here. The next project that we want to accomplish is to screen in our porch that has an existing cement foundation and…