Discussion Forum
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Foot bridge truss(es) from green cedar
Greetings - I'm having a large western red cedar taken down next week. The tree service guy suggested I have them cut it into logs that will fit on my…
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shop ceiling insulation
Greetings everyone - When I built my workshop I didn't anticipate how cold it would get here in Skagit County WA. especially in Jan/Feb. Bad on me. That said ...…
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Water treatment systems
For whatever reason I'm not seeing the previous post I sent on this subject. I'm looking for comments from anyone that might have an opinion or experience with a Kenetico…
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Water treatment systems
Greetings all - Does anyone have any experience with Kenetico water conditioning systems? We've had our water tested and found that it's very highly alkaline (off the scale actually) and…
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Hemlock soffit for porch
I posted this question earlier but it didn't seem to take - I have a source for some fabulous old growth straight grain hemlock that's been milled and drying for…
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Hemlock for porch soffit
Greetings all - I recently priced clear 1x4 T&G cedar for the soffit of my new porch. $US1200.00!! (yikes) I have a possible source for some absolutely beautiful clear, old…
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Excessive fuel cons./propane RFH
Greetings all- First, I'll point out that there are a lot of imponderables in this situation. Which is: June 2003 we finally got our propane fired Buderus (103,000BTU) boiler fired…
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Hanging door in out of plumb wall
I felt like getting sick when I went to hang a new door in this wall. Existing house about 30 years old. It's movedd quite a bit more than I…
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T&G flooring
I'm in my first project laying T&G plank flooring (bamboo). The majority of the floor went together pretty well once I learned a technique to close up the end joints…
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Finishing delima
The situation consists of some new built-up porch columns out of VG fir. Stunning stuff - the contractor took a great deal of care with the selection of the material,…