Discussion Forum
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Tile floor backing material
Trying to catch up on the latest trends for tile backers. I'm installing 12' ceramic floor tiles. starting with 3/4" ply subfloor over 16 oc. and would normally use 1/2"cement…
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Sand textured walls
I've removed and rocked over a door opening in a 1940's home. After finishing the patch I skim coating the wall, corner to corner. The wall is smooth matching the patch. How…
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wet clay and deck footings
I just finished six 16" post borings and the rain came down. We tryed covering the area but the water still got to the 48" deep holes. What is left…
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Mirror on the wall
I made the mistake of suggesting that a home owner remove an OLD mirror attached to the wall while dressing the house up for re-sale. They liked my suggestion and…
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old radiant heat
I'm looking at a "As Is" house and it has radiant heat in the floors and ceiling.It's a 1.5 story built in 1948 It has a new Stant Fin boiler and some…
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Faucets getting cheaper?
Recently installed a new Delta Kitchen faucet and found something odd with the sprayer head line. The line connects to the faucet base with a two piece plastic connector. Two…
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raising floor drain
I have a floor drain in a future laundry room that is too deep. The slope makes it difficult to walk over and working around it is not an option.…
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covered service panel
Latest project house has a finished basement with the electrical panel centered on the basement family room wall. The wall is block with 1.5"styrene and 2X2's for DW framing, so the panel box…
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height of vanity countertop
After years of living with a low countertop in the master bath I started to fix the problem. First removed the 3'X5' mirror. used the trick mentioned here about using…
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Ice melt on pavers
Not eactly a building question, but you guys have a broad range of good ideas. Situation: Our Teen's party got out of hand and we now have solid ice around the Hot…