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YellaWood Report 1
I needed support posts for my second floor porch and saw an ad for something called YellaWood. They take clear pressure treated yellow pine, kiln dry it, and re-mill it.…
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YellaWood Report 3
See YellaWood Report 1 for a description of this material. For the treads of my porch steps, I ordered six YellaWood decking boards. As advertised, these are clear pine. Unfortunately, most…
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YellaWood Report 2
See YellaWood Report 1 for a description of this stuff. After my first purchase, I saw a listing for YellaWood tongue & groove flooring for porches & stuff. About half…
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Porch Flooring Installation
I'm replacing the second story porch on my house. I bought some of the new Yelawood tongue & groove pressure treated pine flooring to get that old-time look. I was…
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Which nailer?
I have an application in which I would be pre-drilling the nail holes. If hand-driving the nails, we would be talking about 6d finishing nails. Is there a pneumatic nailer…
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Bridge support
I am getting ready to build a footbridge over a stream in my backyard. It will be oak planks over two oak arches. The arches will be 2" thick. The…
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How to fix a porch
My house has a concrete front stoop that apparently was added on after the house was built. The outside of the house is cedar shingles, and whoever did the addition…
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Insulation removal techniques?
My house has 2x6 ceiling joists and blown-in insulation in the attic. It was built in the mid-60s, so I suspect this is rock wool. The problem is that the…