Discussion Forum
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Off Topic — Gas Range Burner Q.
Seems there's always a few around here who know whatever needs knowin' . . . I have a 6-burner gas stove. The burners are 2-stage -- a little one in…
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What’s the difference . . .
So I ran a diamond blade on the angle grinder down to the nub, and needed to pick up a new one. As usual, I found myself standing in front of…
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What IS this stuff?
I'm currently re-building some dormers and had a chance to take a few pics of the soffit construction. This house was built around 1930-ish. It has beadboard soffits. Under the…
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Roofer screw-up – What would you do?
I had a new, archi shingle roof installed about two years ago. Picked the lowest bidder (by $4 - $7K), but it was still around a $12K job. It included a tearoff of…
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Shingle flashing(?) detail question
I'm starting to rebuild a dormer that has been butchered on several occasions in the past, so I'm not sure what the original detail was. What's the best way to…
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Chimney How-To Questions
Well, the building inspector was driving by the other day, and he decided my chimney needed to be repointed. Which I knew, but it was a few months down on…
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Mortar or Thinset
I'm not a mason, and I don't play one on TV, so maybe someone here can help me out. I'm applying some sandstone (not fake stone) facing to a painted…
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Plumber’s Bread sandwich, anyone?
A humerous response in another thread (about stopping the leakage of electrons with white bread -- don't ask) reminded me about this. Last night I was at Lowes picking up…
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Small copper roof — Should I try it?
I know there are some "tin wizards" out there (Sphere & Grant Logan come to mind), so maybe someone can help me out. As part of an addition I'm currently finishing…
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Smoked Pork Butt Redux and porch railing
OK, so a thread about smoked pork butt got me started posting pics of my addition job, so this weekend I actually remembered to take some pics of the Bar-B-Que…