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Look what Recko made? (Part II)
Remember the dresser I made? Took the left over and made this coffee table. (It is actually a copy (expanded somewhat) of a table we saw @ a house…
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Hey!! Look what Recko built!!
2 years in the making. Went to Gardner, MA to look @ dressers for one of our daughters. They were real nice and very well built, but the one we…
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Insulating a crawl space in W. NC
Hi, We bought a condo for the MIL in Western NC and am wondering if the insulation in the crawl space was installled incorrectly. Here are the details: 1) the…
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Framing an interior, non-bearing wall
Hi, I'm moving an interior wall (perpedicular to the carrying beam) so I'm thinking it's non bearing, right?? Anyways, we're simply moving an interior kitchen wall back 3 feet and…
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How to insulate the stack wall
Doing a little remodeling and will be insulating the wall where the stack runs to the 2nd floor. This wall is therefore 2+ studs thick (2x4 construction) to accomodate the…
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Boderus Boilers– are they worth it???
Hi, my HVAC guy's trying to talk me into buying one of these. Installed it'll be about $5K. Our boiler, while it is close to 20 yrs old, seems to…
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3/4 hardwood over radiant…is this ok?
Hi, I just finished putting down the Rehau (sp?) aluminum panels (installed over the subfloor) with the filler strips, returns and I banged down the PEX tubing. I'm getting conflicting…
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Lay a curved walkway w/decreasing radius
Hi, I'm putting in a walk way down from the front steps. It starts out at 70" wide and turns down to the 1st granite step which is 60" wide. THe…