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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 20yrs
posted by t
12 comments posted 20yrs 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 20yrs
posted by tcconde
16 comments posted 20yrs 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 20yrs
posted by clarke187
0 comments posted 20yrs 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 20yrs
posted by dvance
20 comments posted 20yrs 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 20yrs
posted by linux4all
42 comments posted 20yrs 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 20yrs
posted by linux4all
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by linux4all

t&g osb install

simply take a sledge hammer, a 4'- 2 by 4 laying flat against the edge of the osb and swing, dont forget your constr...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by dgashworth
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by dgashworth

mold

I have a question. I was tearing into some walls in a property I purchased & noticed some mold. I wonder if that's...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by longshot
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by longshot

HRV references anyone?

We have just put an offer on a house, in which we want to install a heat recovery ventilator. We plan to integrate it w...
6 comments posted 20yrs
posted by cajunk
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by cajunk

Question:

I work for a small company (7 employees), and we all work out of our houses. we would like to all have access to the sa...
32 comments posted 20yrs
posted by saralouisecurrie
32 comments posted 20yrs posted by saralouisecurrie

Gas or 220 Volt?

My Cape Code style 30 year old house is built on a slab in NE Ohio. The lowest level is partially below ground (windows...
12 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jaygreg90
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by jaygreg90

Removing a Commerical Door

I have to remove one of my vending machines from a front lobby of a business and of course it is about an inch to big a...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by uriahsky
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by uriahsky