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Drawer Slide Recommendation: Shop Grade Cabinets
I'm re-building a workshop, replacing sheet metal base cabinets with shop made boxes and drawer slides. Many of the drawers will be light load, screw drivers, chisels, etc. Others will…
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Custom Kitchen Cabinets-Site Built Face Frames
A friend is having a dozen custom kitchen cabinets built by a "cabinet maker". He has proposed to site build the face frames. I was taught to build the face…
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AIA Arbitration Provision with Homeowner
My lawyer informed me that last week, the California Court of Appeals ruled that the standard AIA Contract, used by millions of contractors all over the country, has a non-enforceable…
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Installing a curb-less shower
You will likely have to slope and membrane the whole floor. The Nobel Company has some construction details. Nobel.com This will involve cutting out the joists in the bath area…
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Harwood Floor Finish
100 year old home with new floors be installed. Material will be half inch QS White Oak over subfloor. This is an entry way and central hallway. High traffic with…
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Fence Posts
I have been retained to construct an elaborate fence with 6x6 posts, 4x4 rails, and 2x2 spindles. My lumber choices given the above dimensions are limited: PT Doug Fir, Redwood,…
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DeWalt 18v Batteries
Are these things just poorly made, or am I doing something wrong here. I have the 18v Driver/Drill with a charger and 3-4 batteries, and I lose 2 batteries a…
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Hey Masons: Block Wall Footings
I have to sub out a CMU Block wall. Not the usual 5-8 job, just a knee wall, about 40" or so, with no fill or weight behind it. Just…
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Attaching Returns on Door Casings
Here's the situtation. We have a lotsa crown molding to install on lotsa doors and window casings, on the head casing, above the head jamb, right? And the crown returns…
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Liquid Nails Explosion
I don't know whether to put this in the Tavern, because of the legal and political ramifications; Construction Techniques, because as to how the Liquid Nails was installed, or here…