I know we're looking at great drywall work here but that's quite a fireplace in that video. You ought to post it on the masonry pic forum.
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Wow, that first pic is an optical illusion. Must be the angle and the shadow because it looked like a pattern imbedded into it rather than raised to me. That is what's fooling A...
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A lift would have made that whole job a lot easier.
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The hole really isn't the problem. The problem is water control. If you just fill in the hole you'll still have problems.
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I would consider specifying sawed control joints to your foundation guy on future products, as it will take care of most of these homeowner fears. I've never seen anyone saw con...
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If they say 14" from finished wall and you have 13 1/8" from finished wall then dfference is 7/8" noy 3/8". If that's their drawing it shows 5/8" between the lid and wall so no ...
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If the siding around the window above the covered patio is vinyl you should be able to examine the flashing around that window and get an idea of what was or wasn't done. Chance...
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That's odd. I don't recall ever seeing those short hanger nails ever split anything. Are you nailing real close to the edge? You mention "stout" but I wouldn't call short 8s sto...
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On reroofs the manufacturer says you need to use felt. It's only on the original install that felt isn't needed. The coatings pretty durable so the roofers probably wouldn't dam...
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Check out Duponts website. There's a good PDF on how to use their flashings. (Flexwrap & straightflash).
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Like most "philosophical" questions this is really only a question as to what the definition of a word is. In this case the word is "green". Once you define what that word means...
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Around here propane lines are "roughly" 6" down, electric 18-24" and water 4'. But sometimes that's very rough and Mizzou could be different. (Water lie depth will largely depe...
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Use this and make some homework for him: You could even make 16 flash cards covering every 1/16th interval and give them to him to study at night. Seems like everyone can learn...
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120000 btu heat and only 2.5 tons A/C isn't making sense to me unless you are very, very far north.
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Customer wants very efficeint, quality, price is not an issue. If the above is true and Natural Gas isn't available then I would think you'd have to look at geothermal as an ...
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One truss co I use puts a little tag under one of the plates on each truss that gives the job # and the specific truss ID code. They are made of paper thin plastic almost like T...
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Regardless of how well something is spec'd there will always be a difference in the quality, reliability, capability and financial stability of contractors and their subs. As a ...
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Go with a "built in" bookshelf recessed into the wall. It will look like it belongs in the kitchen. The face frame hides everything. Make it around 6-8" deep with the bottom jus...
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I think you would make more money designing a process that eliminated people's driveways being blocked in the first place. I actually plow my drive so it doesn't get blocked ...
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At first I thought maybe the OPs journeyman was being a bit of an hornery grouch but after reflection I suspect that he probably already has indeed told the op how to measure an...
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