Discussion Forum
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James Hardie Primer
My understanding is that the "new" primer color on James Hardie fiber cement siding is a greenish tint. What color was used before?
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Brush Conditioner
Sometime more than ten years ago I bought a paintbrush and it came pre packaged with a small tube of a liquid that was probably called brush conditioner. It worked…
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Conductive Concrete Floors?
During my electrical inspection today the electrical inspector mentioned that he would like to see non-conductive flooring installed on all concrete floors because the 1 1/2" concrete overlay I have…
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Plumbing question
I was wanting to run 1" copper pipe or pex tube from bladder tank to distribution manifold but my water softener has 3/4" inlet/outlet. Does this mean that using a larger…
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Smaller cordless drills
Are the smaller sized cordless drill/drivers as handy as I think they are or am I just trying to justify buying one? I use an 18v Milwaukee for everything and…
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Load brg wall on slab
Looking for opinions on the following situation: I'd like to build a partition wall in my basement that will support the floor above but it would have to sit on a…
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Floor framing design
Generically speaking, in considering floor framing design should joist sizes be chosen just by span charts using the proper chart for single vs multiple spans, desired L/xxx condition, live/dead loads, etc? What…
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Wall framing layout
I'm involved in commercial and some residential construction but never as a framer so forgive my simpleton question: When laying out the top and bottom plates for interior or exterior…
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Circular Saws
I'm going to purchase a circular saw and will look for the backissue of FH to check out the article on the different manufacturers but have a general question: I…