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Radiant-barrier OSB roof sheathing was rained on
Yesterday our luck with the weather ran out and the rain began. The subfloor of OSB was now wet, and we hustled to put the roof sheathing on. The OSB…
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plumbing vs steel I-beam
New construction basement. Dimensions 35 x 60 (external). Engineer proposed two steel I-beams running the 35-ft way, then hanging floor trusses perpendicular to the steel beams. Question: Can the height…
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gunite used in/on foundation?
I'm interviewing potential contractors to build a basement and do the framing for a new home. Basements are not common in my area (N. Calif), but they are very common…
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Is a basement even possible?
Current 1-story house with 2-ft-deep crawl space will be demo'd and replaced with beefier foundation and new 2-story house in same footprint. Lot is 50 ft wide; there's a 10-ft-wide…
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difficulty getting paint to stick
I came home with some Amerimax rain gutters from Home Depot yesterday, the ones that are pre-painted white. It's an aluminum gutter with baked-on white paint. I needed to paint…
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biscuits for laminate floor butt joints
My garage addition is going so slowly that I bought the laminate flooring a year ago and am just now installing it. Problem. For some reason I had thought the…
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Blue plastic outlet box protrudes a bit
I installed the cover plate on the outlet box the other day and found that it would not seat flush to the wall, on one edge only. The left edge…
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14-gauge pigtail ok on 20A circuit?
I have a 20-amp circuit, residential, and recently learned that the custom is to use 15-amp outlets, not 20-amp. So, after installing a few of the outlets, and struggling with…
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Thinset/jointcompound joint
Please look at the photo first. You see I've put up Hardibacker and taped the joints using mesh tape and thinset. There will be an edge of tile (this is…
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Cutting marble tile into tiny squares
Has anyone tried to cut tiny squares of marble from a 12 x 12 inch tile? I was thinking of trying it because I'm using 3/4" white (square) tiles for…