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How are Aluminum Seamless gutters attached?

How are new Aluminum Seamless gutters attached? Does the nail go vertically through the top piece of the gutter that si...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by tubeaudio
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by tubeaudio

Tomboy Tools

Incredible line of tools whether you're male or female (but buy the pink if you're the latter - not only is if...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by sweetsurprisesteri
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by sweetsurprisesteri

Want to become a residential home builder

Hi, I'm a contractor looking to become a small volume home builder in NY. I have a lot of good subcontractors, fami...
16 comments posted 18yrs
posted by loujr1977
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by loujr1977

what tubing to use in a radiant slab?

about to pour a basement slab, but wanting to add radiant tubing to be connected at some future date? wondering what ty...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by avasava
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by avasava

Heat Pump or Ground Source Heat Pump?

Since I live just north of Seattle, the winter temperature rarely dips below forty degrees. And - since ground source h...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jolin
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by jolin

Need Construction Company Name

Hi All, I m new member of this group. I m opening my new construction company so need u r help to name it. ---Thanks in...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by raakeshramteke
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by raakeshramteke

foundations

Im trying to set up a powerpoint presentation on the subject of setting out foundations .I have already started but fin...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by charlie.mcnamee
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by charlie.mcnamee

Burn-out

Need some seasoned veteran response. My daughter's companion/boyfriend contracts homebuilding for a living. A day o...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by NONE
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by NONE

Cement Tile

In searching all over the country (U.S.A.) for cement tile like I had seen in Europe and Latin American countries, I re...
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posted by lundywilder
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by lundywilder

Nailing Board and Batten Siding Help Please

Most websites say to nail the boards in the centre only and the battens through the space between the boards. All the p...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by poplar
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by poplar

flushometer v/s tank flush

Hi, I am building a new house and was wondering if someone has looked into different types of flushes and which works be...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by meenalvarma
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by meenalvarma

Causes for Short Cycling AC

I have a 2000 sf home with a 4 ton Goodman installed. The unit is about 5 years old, straight AC, strip heat. This unit...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kennethbodine_at_sbcglobal_dot
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by kennethbodine_at_sbcglobal_dot

New House A/C

when should the A/C be turned on in a house under construction? there's painting still going on inside and lots of...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jam6444
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by jam6444

MiraTec question

Anybody have experience using MiraTec ? I was at Lowes today and saw it there. It seemed reasonably priced, so I wasn&#...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by j
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by j

concrete slab

------------------------------------- I am pouring a 4" concrete slab (91'x60') over an existing slab inside a...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by longc_at_minnotte_dot_com
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by longc_at_minnotte_dot_com