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April 17, 2020

I am renovating an attic space for a bathroom, bedroom and possibly a walk in closet.  The house was built in 1897 and has an 11x11 square turret on the…

April 17, 2020

I had backsplash tile and a fireplace facing installed.  The installer slopped cementious mortar on my new vinyl plank flooring.  [It is really amazing to me that the installers did what…

April 16, 2020

I’m currently installing ceiling speakers in an unfinished basement ceiling. Where the speaker needs to go (to be even with the other in the other side), we’re about 3 inches…

April 13, 2020

Hey Gang,So, on to the next phase of this 3rd floor project.  We remove all of the original 7/8th inch pine tongue and groove subloor so we could sister up…

April 9, 2020

Replacing the wood screens and floor of an enclosed patio.  Jackhammered out the old flagstone and 2” of concrete to find that there is another 3” slab of reinforced concrete…

April 8, 2020

IN BUILDING AN UPPER  1/2 SHOWER WALL WITH GLASS BLOCK ON TOP OF A SYNTHETIC (ONYX COLLECTION =  alumina trihydrate) BASE CAP.DOES ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR GLASS BLOCK ADHERENCE TO…

April 6, 2020

Hi all,I am replacing all the old columns in my basement (there should be 5; 2 were removed at some point over the decades for no good reason, 1 is…

April 6, 2020

Good day everyone, looking to get some input and advice. I will be removing and rebuilding the structure (framing and sheathing) under an addition that was put on the back…

April 3, 2020

I have several locations in the house where I have a window, a foot of space above and then a clerestory all the way to the ceiling. The structural plan…

April 3, 2020

This is one of the last details I need to decided on with my new workshop.  It is 3500 sq ft with 2x6 (16 ft high) walls.  I am covering…