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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 20yrs
posted by blackhole26removeme
12 comments posted 20yrs 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 20yrs
posted by (nospam)
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by (nospam)

Mixing water and electricity?

I'm building a "utility" room to put a hot water heater in the workshop. Is it permissable and/or okay codewise to...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jccsplace
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by jccsplace

Building leans- structural?

I am looking at buying a building that is 80+ years old. It is brick. I was told the last buyer backed out because the...
16 comments posted 20yrs
posted by michaeljc70
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by michaeljc70

Insulate below a floor or not?

I've mentioned in other posts about our 135 yr old house we're working on. At this point I'm rebuilding the...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by railphotonut
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by railphotonut

Code Question: Gas Water Heater

I plan to install a 30 gallon gas water heater in an upstairs bathroom. This is new construction out in the country wit...
8 comments posted 20yrs
posted by rfa2000WAX
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by rfa2000WAX

drainage question

some books I have read say slope the drain toward daylight. what is the purpose of 'toward daylight' ? Thanks, P...
18 comments posted 20yrs
posted by semenick
18 comments posted 20yrs posted by semenick

Concrete slab for parking a car

Re-doing the driveway for my Mitsubishi Shogun (weighs about 1.5 tons) I was planning to lay 8" concrete slab over comp...
48 comments posted 20yrs
posted by NewsDump1
48 comments posted 20yrs posted by NewsDump1

Looking for a thin material to wrap porch beam

I'm looking for a thin material to wrap the beam underneath our porch soffit. The beam is currently a box made of 3...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by linux4all
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by linux4all