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January 20, 1999

* We have a house with a low pitch roof. We want to increase the pitch, for appearance sake, by building a hip roof over the current one. Has anyone…

January 20, 1999

* Why is hardwood flooring nailed on top of the tongue, instead of on top of the bottom finger of the groove? Tongue nailing allows the floor to be sanded…

January 20, 1999

* I am building a home for a client of mine, and after sending out 6 Requests for Quotes to lumberyards and a new Home Depot in my area for…

January 20, 1999

* I am renovating a 135 year old home and have found beautiful original wood flooring in several of the rooms. Unfortunately it is softwood. I am looking for information…

January 20, 1999

* Okay...we just bought a house that had a DIY "sun room" put on the back. It was actually done by the previous owners and their neighbor. Here's the results…

January 19, 1999

* I'm considering using a Porter Cable FN250 nailer to install flooring with, even though it is a finish nailer. It fires 16 ga nails as long as 2 1/2".…

January 19, 1999

* My current set of boots has seen better days...I want to get another set soon and so I ask for some suggestions. The ones I have now have steel…

January 19, 1999

* I have a customer who runs a jewelry store with display cases that were skinned with new plastic laminate over existing laminate about 12 years ago. In the past…

January 19, 1999

* I am planning to install a woodstove very close to a concrete foundation wall, and I'm concerned about losing heat to the concrete. I do NOT plan to construct…

January 19, 1999

* Hello all. This is probably a really complicated HVAC question, but I'll appreciate any comments. I'm trying to decide whether it makes any sense for me to consider a…