Discussion Forum
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Exterior black paint recommend’n??
Hi, guys, a Knots wanderer with an exterior paint question. We're thinking about painting some cedar rail-supports black, wondering about the differences in quality of the various brands of paint. Would like…
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Cold weather stain?
Hi, Breaktimers, a fugitive from Knots here. Y'all helped us get the right tools and fasteners for our Ipe deck, and it's all done but the balusters! We have some…
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Power washer help needed….
Hello, BT guys (and gals?). We've run into a problem with our power washer. It's a Karcher 2400 (yeah, I know, not quite top-of-the-line), lightly used. When it stopped spraying…
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Ridgid TS2410LS saw?
Escapee from Knots here, hope y'all are fine! I'm helping a friend buy a jobsite saw to keep at her horse stables for myself to use when repair projects are…
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How to break up cement steps?
Hi everyone, this is a "deconstruction" question. We have a set of cement steps hiding under our deck -- former owners of the house built the deck without breaking out…
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Ipe deck questions
Escaped from Knots again, asking questions about constructing our Ipe deck. Pardon me for not searching, but the search engine is so slow! First of all, what fasteners do you…
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What direction to lay floor in???
Hi, everyone, escapee from Knots here. We're laying our engineered hardwood flooring starting tomorrow and keep flopping about trying to decide what direction it should go in. We're doing the…
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Adhesive for felt-back vinyl
Hi, everyone. We're putting sheet vinyl over our pre-existing kitchen floor, also sheet vinyl, doing the whole skim-coat thing to level out the embossing. The adhesive I got said not…
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Ipe and “hidden fasteners” for deck
We're going to build our replacement deck out of Ipe. Hubby has seen the hidden fasteners used for Trex-type decks and wants to use them for the Ipe. What's the…
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“Insulating” a metal storage shed
Hi, guys, I escaped again. Need help. We are finishing up assembling one of those metal storage sheds by Arrow. The concern is that we'll have a really bad condensation…