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Home electrical, dimming lights when using high energy appliance
Hi all, When turning on a high energy appliance, such as a heater or electric toaster oven for instance, the lights dim a bit until the appliance turns off. It's…
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deck building questions
I am starting on getting a deck built. My wife and I have designed the basic shape and size etc but need help on the structure. My wife really wants…
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Milgard Ultra Wood Clad Leaking at corners
We have Milgard Ultra Wood Clad windows throughout the house. These are the hollow extruded fiberglass frames. The problem is that one side of our house takes the brunt of…
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soffit vents and wind
Our house is situated on the puget sound in WA. The wind has a couple miles of open water to pick up speed before reaching our house broadside, where it…
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Redoing wall insulation for wind
We are going to be putting in new windows on one wall of our living room. This wall bears the brunt of the wind we get so I want to…
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Putting 1-1/2″ vent in 4″ bearing wall?
If code allows a maximum 40% hole in a bearing stud how do you put a vent for a sink (min 1-1/2") through a bearing wall (4" framing)? Is there…
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Ipe vs Alaskan yellow cedar
I'm in the process of planning a new deck for our house. Wanting low maintenance I had been planning on decking with Ipe but the keeper of the budget is…
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Basement water issues
Our basement floods (maybe 8-10 inches at the lowest point) in the winter. The water comes mostly from a couple of large cracks in the floor. We already have a…
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Wood bugs in Western Washington?
I am finding new 1/4" holes in Cedar shake siding and I'm wondering what sort of critter makes such a (relatively) large hole and what are the possible treatments? We've…