Discussion Forum
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Window Flashing around Rosette Corner Blocks
I am repainting a wall sided in red cedar clapboard, with 3/4" x 3.5" trim surrounding Anderson windows. At the top corners (either side of the head casing) the builder…
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Soldering Copper Flashing
I need some cap flashing to go over my 3/4" window head casings. I cannot find anything suitable at local building centers or even the real lumber yards. The closest they have is aluminum…
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Staining NewWood Siding: Staging the Job
Can someone suggest an efficient way to set up cedar clapboard siding for priming and staining? I plan to finish it with an oil-based primer on all 4 sides, then…
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Bumps in Roofing Metal
My roofer took delivery of a shipment of pre-painted metal, "Klassic Kolors II" pre-painted terne from Follansbee this morning. The surface of the metal is covered with bumps that look…
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Milling Lumber from Storm-Damaged Trees?
Our favorite tree went down in an ice storm yesterday. We're really sad about it. This is an old White Oak tree, with a trunk about 4 feet in diameter…
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Flashing a Rainscreen Dormer Wall
Anybody have a good detail for flashing a rainscreen dormer wall? The rainscreen is built out with 1x4 furring strips over polyiso foam boards. The roof will be metal(standing seam).
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Metal Roof Maintenance (pre-painted)
I'm about to bite the bullet on a new metal roof. I'm leaning toward a pre-painted product such as Follansbee or Firestone with a Kynar finish. I can get it…
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Membrane under metal roof?
I sheathed a roof in 5/8 plywood, then covered it with Ice and Water Shield. The plywood is on 1x4 sleepers to form an air space under the ply ("cold…
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Rain Screen Roof-to-Dormer Detail?
I'm looking for a good way to detail the roof-to-dormer connection on a rain screen wall. On the main walls I'm using Coravent SV-3 (nominal 1/2" thick ) as siding ventillation…
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Exterior Plywood Market
The walls of my garage, built around 1991, are sheathed in 5-ply 1/2" plywood. I opened it up on one end to build an addition. As I prepare to close…