Discussion Forum
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How to bid plumbing work?
Title may not be exactly right - I want to locate a plumber for rough-in work on my addition project. Rooms are a full bathroom, and a laundry room, to…
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Radiant staple-up
Contemplating doing a staple-up application of radiant tubing under the now-exposed main floor of my house - insulation was recently removed to combat a pest problem. I understand the mechanism…
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Cutting Hangfalls
Looked about in 'Over the Fence'/Gardening forum, but no go. The little furry woodland creatures that inhabit the rear of my property left a few trees hanging last fall. I…
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Setting Tile underlayment
Working on a tile floor project: Been stripping the old vinyl floor - it's coming up in three layers. Top layer is the clear wearing surface, 2nd layer seems to…
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sparking nail gun?
My boss availed himself of a sale at HD and picked up a Senco full-head framing gun (came with a palm nailer). Price seemed pretty reasonable, especially with the inclusions,…
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Other siding questions
Soon to start siding my addition (porch roof is done, and it doesn't leak!). Two questions: How does one work the starting strip for the sidewalls of a dormer on…
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Toilet Jacks?
Problem: Vinyl flooring in the bathroom has got to go. Wife wants tile. OK, no real big deal. Strip the vinyl, 1/4" backer board, thinset, tiles - who's got the…
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Bugged, but Which one?
OK, I know I have an insect problem in my new addition, most likely from excessive water before I got the roof on. My question is: which insect? Knowing which…
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Build me a dam
Due to some interference from furry woodland creatures, the marsh in my backyard is now a pond. This is causing water infiltration in my new addition's cellar. After pumping &…
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Roofing jacks
I've been reviewing the "top-down roofing" past discussions, and these discussions have highlighted an issue I've never been able to figure out, nor discover in my building books. What is…