Discussion Forum
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Wainscot Height
Going to re-purpose our 90 plus year old paneling in a front room remodel for a wainscot wall. Ceiling height is 8.5 feet. I plan to install a picture shelf…
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Header size
Planning for converging 2/0 pocket doors and want to know what size wooden header to span the 8' opening on the first floor of a 1.5 story home. It's a…
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Lintel installation
Ready to install a non-weight bearing lintel on a brick veneer garage. As you can see in the picture there are no courses of bricks on top of it to…
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Masonry resources
Planning to do some work on my brick veneer garage and house and never worked with brick before. With the exception of the 1st floor wooden lintel replacement the majority…
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Thoughts on horizontal slider window
Decided not to replace a 58 x 47 RO with a casement and am thinking about a horizontal sliding window. It's a bedroom so a dual double hung won't fulfill…
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Window sash fabrication
Any idea what the going rate for fabricating window sashes? Got two quotes for two, 6 lite casements 18 x 42 x 1- 3/8. First one out of capelli wood…
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Calculation to save time for gable siding installation
Will be installing 1x10 siding vertically on a gable end of a 12/12 pitched roof. Would like to pre-cut the pieces but don't know how to calculate the measurement change…
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Festool light experience
Anyone have any thoughts on the festool lights. They have a surface inspection light and a Syslite Duo worklight and they both cost a fortune.Thanks, Wayne
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Why NO sheathing rot?
Why didn't the 85 year old sloped ceilng's T&G sheathing, from a room I gutted show any signs of rot from moisture mitigation. It was only insulated with balsam wool…
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Chalkboard paint opinions
Painting my daughter's room and on one wall I am thinking about chalkboard paint. Any recommendations/opinions pro or con. I am thinking of just getting a used chalk board instead. …