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Help out a fella with a driveway problem
Hi Folks, I have a client who just moved into a new home with a steep driveway. He can't get his car into the driveway without scraping the front dam.…
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Flat (almost) metal roof repair or replace
I was hired to replace a Chippendale railing over a sunroom due to rot. The old posts were mounted through the roof. When I removed the posts I found some…
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4 Wire Cable to Sub Panel
I am installing an eighty amp subpanel. I have 75 feet of 2-2-2-2/4 aluminum SER cable. Does the code to prohibit cutting one of the #2 wires short of both…
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ICF’s and uneven footers
I'm a finish carpenter so pardon my ignorance. I am putting a 16 X 24 2 story addition on my house. The walls will be built with Durisol ICF's which…
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Twin strip cobblestone driveway
Hi All, Thanks for the read and response. I am installing a new driveway in place of the old asphalt. I Want to install it as a pair of strips…
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Tying in porch roof Remove shingles?
Im building a roof for a new screen porch built over a deck. I will be having the roof on the house reshingled along with the porch roof. Both the…
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Removable door jamb
Hi All, Customer wants me to install 10 light door and a 10 light panel in a 68" opening. He also wants it removable. He will be closing the room…
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Airflow Around Skylights
So the roofer sold them some skylights, but said you will have to get someone else to finish the inside. O'boy once again I get to be Someone Else. At…
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Concrete cantilever (“how’s it hangin’)
I have to pour a small 4 inch slab to support a vertical wheelchair lift adjacent to a porch. Part of the slab will extend over a basement window well.…