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June 24, 2020

I will be roofing the small house I'm building with asphalt shingles and I'm just barely okay with that since I had my heart originally set on metal and then…

June 16, 2020

Hello.  My question is where to locate the two 4 x 4 support structures I am going to use beneath a garden window which is suspended off of the house. I would like to…

June 16, 2020

  I am using [these](https://www.menards.com/main/hardware/fasteners-connectors/construction-hardware/column-post-bases-caps/mitek-reg-4-x-6-triple-zinc-2-sided-post-anchor/pa46e-tz/p-1444445516725-c-8825.htm?searchTermToProduct=2271751) pier/footing to post brackets to attach my deck posts to my footings.  My footings are plumb but not completely level. When I put my posts into the…

June 13, 2020

Hi everyone, first post so be gentle.  I am building a small ground level deck on a slope by a pool. The deck will only be 10' deep by 27',…

June 9, 2020

I'm trying to route a groove on the bottom side of my kitchen cabinets in order to run under cabinet lighting wire across the base and to the corner where…

June 9, 2020

Hello All. While putting a bed together in a customers home there was damage done to a canvas ceiling. it was not torn through but was indented & scraped. The homeowner…

June 7, 2020

Hey all, I would like some advice on installing  picture frame planks around a deck. Such as: should the picture frame planks be installed first, our field planks? And any…

June 6, 2020

Good afternoon everyone. I have a question for those that do this much more than me.  Im building a free-standing deck off the back of my house.  It will be…

June 5, 2020

I have plans to build a post frame building on top of a 8’ basement wall. The basement wall is in, And my plans were to Have excavator backfill and…

June 5, 2020

Decided not to replace a 58 x 47 RO with a casement and am thinking about a horizontal sliding window. It's a bedroom so a dual double hung won't fulfill…