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November 6, 2023

This new toilet doesn’t sit flush on the floor, the only thing I did was take the old toilet out paint the concrete floor and put a new wax ring…

November 5, 2023

Homeowner, mostly DIY in past, but in midst of major reno led by GC and his various subs. Using 5" exposure Hardie Shingle panels on extended garage, small addition, and…

November 3, 2023

Recently I noticed a vertical crack in my drywall, near a beam.  I had a contractor out to inspect,  he discovered that one of the posts in the basement had…

November 3, 2023

I have a wood framed home built in 1876 in upstate New York. Every time I need to replace old plaster with drywall on exterior walls I find the stud…

November 3, 2023

Hello everyone.  Was hoping to get some advice on closet door options.I have four closets with bifold doors. 8ft height and widths ranging from 30 inches to 85 inches.  It…

November 2, 2023

I’m putting some polyiso board beneath a door threshold. The edge of the board is going to get a lot of abuse there, so I need a corner protector that’s…

November 1, 2023

Hi my house was built 12 years ago and l live one mile from the coast, l noticed some rust on my supporting i- Beams underneath my house. l think…

October 30, 2023

Hello - Just the other day I noticed that outside the our frenchdoors to the backyard there is a pretty gnarly stain that is coming on the wall, which was…

October 29, 2023

Hello everyone,I have a gap of maybe 2 inches between a porch pillar (wrapped in stone) and the outer wall of a powder room (sheathing and tyvek only right now).…

October 28, 2023

We're renovating a 1959's house which appears to be balloon framed.  While I understand basic principles of balloon-framing, all my experience has been with modern platform-framing.  I knew from the…