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backerboard

I jut recently installed backerboard over a wood frame where my garage door i framed out some french doors was the outs...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by readoo
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by readoo

Metal Connectors for Wooden Posts

Hello, I have a couple questions about metal connectors (e.g. Simpon Strong Tie connectors) that are used with wooden p...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by whitney
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by whitney

Removing post in two car garage

There is a post in our two car garage and I find it is a problem when getting in and our of cars. For me it is a nuisanc...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by natootan
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by natootan

Thoughts needed on Cheap Wood Floor Idea

Hi Group -- I am hoping there is someone out there with some experience with crazy ideas. I know that this is kind of a...
18 comments posted 19yrs
posted by monique
18 comments posted 19yrs posted by monique

Mudjacjing (concrete slab leveling) Slurry

Where can I find a description of the outcomes of various slurry mixtures? I was under the assumption that the slurry u...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by jaygreg90
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by jaygreg90

Construction Industry Profit Margins

Trying to do some financial projections for a Landscape Design/Build firm. I need to find out what standard (pro forma,...
14 comments posted 19yrs
posted by leonardthethird
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by leonardthethird

painting aspenite?

I applied sheets of aspenite to a basement workshop and would like to paint it white. Can you use water base paint with...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bitternut
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by bitternut

Interior Painting-Primer

Just about to start painting new house interior and wondering if I need to cut-in primer tight to corners (ie: with bru...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by geo.nova
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by geo.nova

Painting Question

Hello: Have put up new Cedar clapboard siding, which came pre-primed with an oil primer. How good the primer is, is any...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rgsros
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by rgsros

Case 850D Dozer Backhoe

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2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Use-Author-Supplied-Address-He
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by Use-Author-Supplied-Address-He

Recycled Asphalt

Live in Jennings, FL, North of Lake City on I-75, need to know where I can get recycled asphalt to pave about 1200ft of...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by u36282
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by u36282

Matching existing roof

I am adding an attached garage to my house and will be tying into the existing roof. I think I have the framing figured...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by spebby_92
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by spebby_92

Hanging a sign

The boss wants a sign hung above the front door. He had a sign made at a sign shop -- 3 ft. x 6 ft. -- made from 3/8 in...
50 comments posted 19yrs
posted by SparkyGuy
50 comments posted 19yrs posted by SparkyGuy

windows

Wondering which type of windows for down in texas, vinyl or aluminum framed windows, which one ya'll think works bet...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by craig_6444
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by craig_6444

pocket door getting scratched

Hi all, My contractor recently installed a pocket door for my bathroom, but I noticed the door is getting scratched whe...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by fabasi
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by fabasi