Discussion Forum
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venting deck
Neighbor asked me to fix a section of his wall in the basement where the brick had been plastered over. All the plaster crumbled off the wall and I can see a lot of salts…
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Unused Chimney
I recently had a power vent water heater installed and now the chimney is no longer being used. It's brick, on the outside of my 1.5 story house. It has…
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Wrong electrical fix?
A friend asked me to look at his garage, which had no power. It's a detached garage at the back of the lot. It has an underground feed from the…
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sealing joint between brick and concrete
I have 5' tall brick wing walls on either side of concrete front steps to the house. Five years ago, when the house was tuckpointed, the joint between the steps…
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basement shower
I'm planning to build a bathroom in my basement and there's an existing floor drain with the slab pitched towards it. Could I build some walls around this area with cement…
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is this beam ok?
Two story frame house, contractor took out 12' of load bearing wall running down the center of the house on the first floor, replaced it with 2 - 2x12's with…
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simpson doors
Looking to replace my front door with a prehung oak door. Sales guy at the lumberyard is steering me towards a Buffelen door, a company out of Tacoma. He carries …
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service panel in the bathroom?
Looking at a house to buy, over 100 year old frame that has been extensively remodeled. New 100 amp panel is located in basement bathroom, 5' of the ground over a…
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Wet framing
A new house is being framed in my neighborhood, They started about a month ago. It's all framed up now, but there's no sheathing on the roof yet. In the…
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cutting into a gas line
I want to break into a natural gas line, black pipe, to add a valve. I'll valve it off at the meter and turn the stove off to relieve the…