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How to remove glued chipboard chunks from TG subfloor
I'm replacing a floor that was engineered planks glued to chipboard subfloor, and it all had to come out. The chipboard was glued and nailed, and has left lots of…
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tricks in replacing bath fan with no attic access?
I am tasked with replacing 5 bath/vent fans in a three story townhome. 4 of them are "easy" access via the attic, but there is one in a bath on…
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Router that cuts next to a wall? Fitting kitchen backsplash tile to an out of level cabinet.
This starts out as a tile issue and winds up a carpentry tool question. I've got a project coming up, simple tile backsplash in an existing kitchen. Run tile on…
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Best tool for shaping crown molding copes
I had occasion to install some crown molding recently. First I've done in quite a while. Stained hemlock solid wood, not MDF. I found that when coping the inside…
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Ending a slanted top-cap: square cut or plumb cut?
I have a half-wall on the side of a stairway, that comes down and ends at the foot of the stair. I'm putting a flat cap board on the top. …
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How to install stair mop board with existing stairs and carpet?
The task I face that I need help on is this: We have some stairs that have a wall part way down, then open up for 5 steps on one…
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Durable screen door for french doors
My neighbor has a double french door that replaced a glass slider. They have a cat they want to keep indoors, but would like to be able to open one…
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B type gas vent clearance to combustibles
I've got a 6" B-type doublewall gas vent running up the outside of the house. This is the exhasut vent for the new boiler that was just installed. Pipe is…
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Run gas line on exterior of house?
The gas line comes to our meter at one end of the house, and the owner wants to have a gas burning insert in the fireplace at the other end…
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Chief Architect® Professional worth $2600?
My interior designer wife is now working with her contractor / remodeler brother and business is picking up. She's dabbled with various CAD programs in the past but never found…