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Buckling hardwood floor

I was looking at a 100 year old house today. The hardwood floors are buckled quite badly. The floors are located above...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by geonx1
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by geonx1

Repairing Drywall Seams

I recently removed wall paper and after a few hot water baths and washing the glue off. I painted the wall. After the p...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by paul.nowacek
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by paul.nowacek

Bad Drywall seam

I recently removed wall paper and after a few hot water baths and washing the glue off. I painted the wall. After the p...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by paul.nowacek
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by paul.nowacek

Use of neighbor's property

I awoke this morning to find my neighbor had begun re-roofing, my driveway covered with debris, and my car blocked in....
28 comments posted 19yrs
posted by some
28 comments posted 19yrs posted by some

Concrete casting question

Can anyone tell me how this concrete post cap was created? http://www.canleyworks.com/temp/concrete/ Thanks -Mark
18 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nospam
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by nospam

Heat Recovery Ventilator

I'm considering adding a Heat Recovery Ventilator to my 1200 sq.ft. house heated by solar thermal with a wood stove...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gfiske
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by gfiske

structural fiberboard sheathing

i am about to start framing a superinsulated house. the specs call for 1/2" structural fiberboard sheathing (brace-rite...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by briankontio
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by briankontio

Blisters in New Rubber Roof - Need quick answer

[This was also posted in alt.home.repair. Found this group afterward.] I am re-roofing my house. On the two rear corner...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jfm
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by jfm

Antimicrobial Coating On Wood Framing

Does anyone use or know of a product that stops mold growth in walls after the drywall has gone up. With the houses bein...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by t
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by t

Spliced Ridge Beam

I have a need for a 2x8x27' ridge beam on a garage gable roof. I want to do it by splicing two 2x8x14's togethe...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tcconde
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by tcconde

Storage Building

I am looking to put a storage building on my property and was wondering about the advantages and disadvatages of wood v...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clarke187
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by clarke187

Cold weather concrete

I'm a GC in central oregon. My concrete guy poured out 15 yards yesterday for the flatwork around a house I'm b...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dvance
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by dvance

Porch railing height revisited

I found this image of a porch very similar to our new construction with a railing that looks to be 24" high or 30" high...
42 comments posted 19yrs
posted by linux4all
42 comments posted 19yrs posted by linux4all

Window trim material?

For our new home, we have wide white trim around all of our windows. We would like the trim to be maintenance free or n...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by linux4all
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by linux4all