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How to trim widows with arch (semi-circle) top?

We have one window in the center of our second story that is different than all the rest, and I cannot figure out how w...
164 comments posted 19yrs
posted by linux4all
164 comments posted 19yrs posted by linux4all

New concrete floor

I am just about finished digging out my barn floor. I intend to lay gravel, sand, damp proof sheet, insulation (polysty...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by fredy
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by fredy

styrofoam insulation

I am putting foam insulation around the perimeter of a house on a sono tube foundation. I am enclosing the day light bas...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by (nospam)
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by (nospam)

Siding Nails in a Roofing nailer?

I need to shoot 1 3/4" siding nails. I have a coil roofing nailer that shoots up to 1 3/4" nails. Can I shoot siding na...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jwc
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by jwc

Old Wooden Building-help

Hi, I am stuck for ideas on this one,there are many possibilies for a fix however none suit me,I would like your opinio...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jjbruce
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by jjbruce

Repair Roof Tile

Hi All, My 3-year-old house has a concrete tile roof, Spanish "S" profile, red color. There are several tiles where the...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by kingcharles
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by kingcharles

Drywall costs?

Hey all - Does 90 cents a square foot (labor only) sound fair to hang and finish drywall for a basement? I have another...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by me112006
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by me112006

Bond beam

Anyone ever heard of using a bond beam (by itself) to support an interior braced wall in D2 (in lieu of a continuous fou...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by webmaster
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by webmaster

Long concrete driveway

Hello, sorry for posting another driveway question - a few have been answered pretty thoroughly in the past couple of d...
40 comments posted 19yrs
posted by chuck
40 comments posted 19yrs posted by chuck

Garage with apartment above

Hi. I'm planning on building a garage 28'x36' with a 12/12 pitch roof. I expect the room upstairs to have w...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tony.miklos
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by tony.miklos

sloped metal roof for a woodshed

I am building a 10 X 10 woodshed and framing it as normal framing. The roof is going to be a 3/21 sloped roof and I was...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by beerguzzler50
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by beerguzzler50

Foundation underpinning problem

Hi, Half of our basement was dug down about 6 inches more than 30 years ago. I just pulled down some wall panelling in...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jjlloyd
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by jjlloyd

Attaching light fixure to a mirror?

I have a 7 ft x 4 ft mirror in my bathroom we want to replace the light fixtures on. Currently it has the Rectangular 4...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by blackhole26removeme
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by blackhole26removeme

foam perimeter skirt

> > 4"? Did you use treated lumber for everything within 18" of grade? I > would never stuff the space entirely with in...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by (nospam)
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by (nospam)