Discussion Forum
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Stairs to sloping deck
I'm building a covered deck. The deck is tiled and is therefore sloped away from the house at 1/4" per foot. I have stairs that will come off the end…
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Overhead power to floodlights…
I want to put some floodlights up in a tree perhaps 50' from my house, but I don't know the code requirements for overhead power. Can you give me some…
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Insulating first floor cantilever…
I have about 40' of the front of my house where the first floor cantilevers about 14" on top of the basement crib walls. I've opened up one end from…
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Attach crib wall to foundation…
In redoing an office in the corner of my house, I've found that the basement crib wall (perhaps 14" high on top of the foundation) is attached to the foundation…
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Transparent roof over porch…
I have a kitchen deck that needs replacement, and rather than putting in another deck (decks facing north aren't of much use in Seattle), my wife and I have decided…
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Restraining crawl space dirt
I have a garage with storage space underneath - it has an entrance at street level, and then the ground slopes down next to the garage. Inside, one half is…
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Stick poly to concrete…
What can I use to sticky poly to vertical concrete? I have a section where my vapor barrier needs to stick to a 5' high concrete wall, but I can't…
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Reinforced entry door advice
My ski place got broken into last month. The perpetrators drilled through the insulated steel skin with a hole saw (presumably to flip the deadbolt), and then ended up just…
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Picture frame edge of Trex Deck
I'm doing a trex deck, and my current design calls for a "picture frame" at the ends - where there is a piece perpendicular to the field boards at the…
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Suspend rebar from bottom of footing
I need to suspend some rebar 3" from the bottom of a footing hole. What's the best method for doing that?