Discussion Forum
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Any nice looking hot water baseboards?
I've spent a bunch of time searching old posts, and came across a few posts about hot water baseboard covers, but doesn't anyone make a nice looking, decorative, hot water…
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Venting a Hood in High Wind Area
Hi everyone, I used to post as "Paula" but I guess we had to get new logins, so I switched to Paularado. We're still working on our log home in…
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Log Splitters?
We have a LOT of wood that needs to be cut up for firewood. We just installed a giant wood eating fireplace (Fireplace Xtraordinaire 44") and I'm having nightmares about…
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What is a “spark ring”?
We passed our final electrical inspection yesterday, but with one caveat. The electricians installed our boxes for 1/2" drywall, but we used 3/4" t&g. So, because the boxes are slightly…
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Cold-Weather Painting
A while back, I posted about "Cheap and easy Siding" for our basement. http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=35775.1 We ended up putting on the 4x8 sheets of hardboard siding, or as we like to…
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Really Cheap and Easy Siding
Okay, this post belongs on "Cheap and ugly Homebuilding" site instead of Fine Homebuilding, but that site was down so I'm asking you. LOL! Our walkout basement needs to look…
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Got the cellulose insulation, now what!
Okay, I guess I should know this, but I don't. Yesterday we had dense pack cellulose installed in our cathedral ceiling and wet spray cellulose blown into the few frame…
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Cat 5e for Dummies
I need to run cat5e wire in our new house....soon! Can someone give me a quick primer on this. Here are my basic questions: 1. Is each wall plate a…
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Need drywall recommend. Denver/Boulder
Hi all, We need a drywall crew and despite asking everyone I know, I still haven't come up with anyone! The job isn't that big (about 3000 sq ft) since…
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Walls in our loft: 2×4 or 2×6?
We are about to frame out the walls for our loft area. Some of the walls will be about 13 ft high due to the nature of the cathedral ceiling.…