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copper flashing near ocean?
I have a customer with a house 100 feet from the Pacific Ocean. A north-facing balcony has leaked water at the ledger ever since the house was new. Luckily, the…
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ACQ Bleeding Through Paint
Hello All, So I am doing a bunch of rot repairs to a deck that is painted. I primed my new ACQ treated lumber on sawhorses with Glidden's Gripper primer,…
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Taping Hardibacker walls
You will be better off staying with the hot mud. The lightweight hot muds are not so bad to sand, and it is a small area you are doing. I…
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Online source for GRK fasteners?
I have searched and Googled to no avail, even used the advanced search here. I have a project coming up that needs some stainless GRK RSS lags. Several sizes. Local…
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Nailable leveling compound?
I have some customers who are wanting a nail-down hardwood flooring installation later this year. Their home was framed very poorly, with a subfloor that resembles waves. I would like…
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Best biscuits?
My supply of #20 joining biscuits is running low, so it is time to get some more. I've seen prices for 1000 of them vary by a factor of 2.5.…
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Hurriquake nails at Amazon
I just Googled to see if these new nails were available for sale. These special nails are now sold through Amazon. But something seems weird about the specs. Click the…
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Two-Tongued Bamboo?
I will be doing a bamboo floor for a client in a week. I need to run two directions from a central line, and want feedback on a strategy I…
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Weak Framing Gun?
I was nailing together a header with my not-very-old Hitachi NR83-A2 gun today. The nails were 12d smooth coated sinkers, .131" shanks. The header was two pieces of LSL. I…
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Good electric hedge trimmer?
Okay, it isn't really a tool for homebuilding. This is for my own home use in maintaining a long, tall hedge. The gas trimmers are expensive, smelly, and loud. Many…