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Spray foam

Question from Canada, I have a basment that is bigger than my house (it basment extends past the hose 10 feet or so) Th...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by liquidpixelz_at_gmail_dot_com
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by liquidpixelz_at_gmail_dot_com

Dewalt Table Saw Fence Question (Model 744)

If you know this popular model, please advise the purpose of the long "bar" attached to the fence that runs parallel to...
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posted by 3creeks
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by 3creeks

Gong solar

I don't see much on this here. So, I thought I'd throw in my recent experience on research on it. I live in cen...
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posted by NONE
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by NONE

steps in rebuilding a bathroom

Hi all, I'm doing some bathroom rebuilding, and I'm trying to get a better understanding of the steps involved....
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posted by jzfredricks
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by jzfredricks

Wall cap mitre at stair descent

I would like to put a hardwood cap on a halfwall but where the two pieces meet you get overlap at the mitre either abov...
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posted by geo.nova
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by geo.nova

Garage Door Opener Not Working

My garage door opener does not work. The remote and hardwired button will engage the motor but nothing in the chain or...
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posted by phanoflife
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by phanoflife

Braced Walls

I will be framing my own house and haven't framed anything by code in over a decade. I can see that I'm in seis...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jolin
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by jolin

Baluster layout tool

I just downloaded an app for my iPhone that does baluster layout very well called BalusterPro. A handy carpenter tool!
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posted by nailbiter
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by nailbiter

NEED TO FIRE THE SUB FROM HELL

Maybe I've been lucky, I don't know. I have never had to can a sub until now. This guy is so full of himself, i...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tcconde
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by tcconde

conservatory doors DPC

Hi I have just had a conservatory built, concrete base, dwarf wall - usual thing. I have a query with something, I am h...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by stevej1305
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by stevej1305

Sealing kickboard molding?

In a fully-insulated home in N. California SF Bay Area (very temperate climes) is it common to seal the back side as we...
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posted by sparkyguy
18 comments posted 17yrs posted by sparkyguy

Roof Vents That Can Be Closed

Does any vendor make roof vents whose vent openings can be shut from inside an attic? Our residential roof is a 6/12 sl...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by persistentone
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by persistentone

need emergency help with retaining wall project!!

------------------------------------- i'm doing a project about the benifits of cast in situ retaining wall. so can...
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posted by sytan90_at_hotmail_dot_com
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by sytan90_at_hotmail_dot_com