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New house Louisana Pacific I beams too far apart

This house is about 2 years old now. Two story house on a unfinished basement. There is a lot of noise from the walls a...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by laconia
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by laconia

light Weight ceiling treatment

Looking for suggestions for a light weight ceiling material for a pole barn. It has a truss system on 8ft centers with...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by djdieterle
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by djdieterle

Stroke of genius or another flop?

Off and on, I've been contemplating how to construct a skirt for a pier and beam house. House has horizontal lap si...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by NONE
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by NONE

How many TapCons to use ?

When securing a basement wall to the floor/slab, how many TapCons should be used ? If you build the wall in 8' secti...
11 comments posted 17yrs
posted by sidwelle
11 comments posted 17yrs posted by sidwelle

solar sauna info anyone?

Hi -- Does anyone have information and/or experience in building a solar sauna? Chet
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by cthurston
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by cthurston

Closed-cell foam insulation

My old partner is working some Ike aftermath jobs in Galveston and has a client that is interested in closed-cell foam...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by DjMcB
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by DjMcB

2nd rate achitect

Are you a washed -up or second rate architect? Southend-on-sea, Essex, England is crying out for you.
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by sc006d5084
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by sc006d5084

Some deconstruction

A vid of some tree clearing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTtso-TqfWY
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by sfj2008a
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by sfj2008a

"Green" Construction

In terms of "green" home construction, where do you get the most bang for your buck in terms of energy efficiency? Point...
71 comments posted 17yrs
posted by padlrnc
71 comments posted 17yrs posted by padlrnc

winterizing house

We are planning on retiring to a small lake house located in the NYS Fingerlakes region in 2010. We will need to totall...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by thelarkinn_at_yahoo_dot_com
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by thelarkinn_at_yahoo_dot_com

Insulation of Existing Cathedral Ceiling

The kitchen of my house has a Cathedral ceiling. The room is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The house was bu...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by johnareichert
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by johnareichert

Different CFL behaviors

Still in process of switching entire house and exterior to CFLs. Thus far, I've run into these behaviors on differe...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by NONE
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by NONE

Need lights in my closets

I have numerous closets in my house which are without lighting. 1. Any idea on what I can expect to pay for going whole...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by tgmforum
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by tgmforum

Cathedral Ceiling

The kitchen of my house has a cathedral ceiling. The room is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The house was bu...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by johnareichert
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by johnareichert

help on neutral and ground 480 volt

i have a 40 year old panel with 3 hot wires. the panel is 480 volt with no neutral and ground. what do i have to do. can...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by mclawscustoms
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by mclawscustoms