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Installing Marble Tile Flooring on a Budget

By: Vanessa Doctor marble tiles provide your space with cooling benefits plus the classy appearance. You have to know t...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by portamarket
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by portamarket

kitchen decoration

Hi Everyone, I just wanted share my thoughts on kitchen decoration. In your home, kitchen is mirror of your standard of...
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posted by kitchen[dot]renovation[at]gmai
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by kitchen[dot]renovation[at]gmai

Lagoon vs septic system?

Anyone out there have a lagoon instead of septic system? Does a lagoon have some real advantages over septic systems? My...
16 comments posted 18yrs
posted by me
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by me

using wood strips to form concrete driveway

I have a concrete contractor currently redoing my driveway. I had showed him a picture from a concrete technique websit...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by orangele2003
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by orangele2003

Lighting & Heating For A Garage (Residence)

Hello All, I am trying to determine lighting and heating for a 24' x 32' garage. It will have 10' ceilings...
16 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nomail
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomail

Vanity top installation issue

I need to install a vanity top between two walls 37 3/4" apart. The closest vanity top I can find is 37". I was thinkin...
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posted by geo.nova
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by geo.nova

ground slopes toward foundation

Hi, We constructed an addition on the side of our house. The construction is wood framing with exterior siding. The fou...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nomospam
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by nomospam

Iced Furnance Air Intake

Dear All, Outside winter temperature often reached -30 C. The fresh air intake iced up resulting in furnace shut down....
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posted by markchan
22 comments posted 18yrs posted by markchan

A Liquid Shower Pan?

Someone was telling me about a liquid rubber shower pan that you apply with a paint roller, but couldn't remember t...
26 comments posted 18yrs
posted by one-if-by-land
26 comments posted 18yrs posted by one-if-by-land

Existing Water Tank Support

I looked at a 16 ft. diameter, 45 ft circumference and 10 ft. height for an existing Redwood Water Tank. It is full of...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jloomis
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by jloomis

Elictrical Conduit through stem wall

I am adding an attached garage to my house. Currently the wiring for a hot tub and a GFCI outlet runs in EMT conduit to...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spebby_92
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by spebby_92

Clay brick question

Hi, I'm rebuilding the hearth on my fireplace from S&H - Stiles and Hart (http://www.stilesandhart.com) clay brick....
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jeffery.grant
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by jeffery.grant

Union Trades Online Forum

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4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by kel620
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by kel620

Flashing window in concrete cutout

Hello, I'm installing a wood window in a basement where the wood frame cripple walls are about 3.5' tall. To ma...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by whitney
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by whitney