Discussion Forum
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Garage floor made of wood…
A friend asked me to help her build a garage with a wood floor in central Maine. The garage will be 20' x 32' with a 4' frost wall, and…
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Flashing the plum cut on a portico
I'm helping a friend attach a portico to the front of his house. We laid out the roof line and cut the aluminum siding so that the first set of…
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quikrete in cold weather…
I'm building a 16' x 10' shed on concrete posts. I'm going to use quikrete poured into sono tubes for the posts each of which will extend at least 42…
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Homemade truss for a small shed???
I'm planning to build a 10'x16' shed for a friend and I'm considering building trusses for the roof. The roof will have a 12-12 pitch and be sheathed with 1/2"…
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Lightening blowing press. release valve
Good Day, I have a 3-year old home with a drilled well and a submersible well pump. The well driller installed a Grundfus pump and control system. All runs well…
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Leaky vinyl windows
I have 3 new vinyl windows that leak. I was wondering if there are any tricks to determine the source of the leaks? Two of the windows were installed ~1…
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WIndow code violation?
I have a friend who is planning to replace a single double hung window with a combination of a single fixed window with casements mulled to either side of the fixed…
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Cedar clapboards – to stain or not?
I live in central Maine and have a home sided with cedar clapboards. I've seen old homes with cedar clapboards that don't look to have ever been treated with any…
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Strip flooring underlayment…
I'm about to begin installing a 2-1/4" oak strip floor on top of a 3/4" t&g advantech subfloor. Joist spacing is 16". I was planning to run the flooring perpidicular…