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    Insulating a sun room over a cement slab

    February 10, 2021

    Thanks in advance for your input,I have a sun room that I'm going to insulation and turn into a 4 season room.  I live right outside of Boston, so you…

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    Question Regarding Building a Load-Bearing Wall in Place

    February 10, 2021

    Hello,I am currently re-framing exterior load bearing walls on an old detached garage that had major rot in both the sills and studs, and I was hoping I could get…

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    Deck plans

    February 9, 2021

    Getting ready to draw it up in CAD, submit to the township, ready for the spring.  Someone told me you can now buy pressure treated engineered  trusses. No more messing…

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    I finally finished last summer building my summer house

    February 9, 2021

    Here are some more photosI described my approach to planning and implementing personal projects(including this one) in the article: "Step by step I follow my goal. Planning of personal goals, projects,…

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    Locating pvc gutter brand

    February 9, 2021

    We have some Pvc gutters on our house that look much better than the more common metal ones but I can't figure out where to get more of it. Our…

  • Discussion Forum

    Pyramid Cut on a 6×6 Cedar Post

    February 8, 2021

    I need to make a pyramid cut on the end of a 6x6 cedar post.  I've never done this and wanted to know if anyone has suggestions for doing this…

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    Estwing E3-CA

    February 7, 2021

    I've been hanging cedar shingles on the gables of my shop and house without a shingle hammer, then decided to get one. I can't find any info on it. How…

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    Roof leak

    February 6, 2021

    As we all know, we have had a heavy snow storm in the past week in the northeast. Most of the snow on the roof either slid off or melted…

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    Window Depth

    February 6, 2021

    Greetings all, First post as a new subscriber! My wife and I are looking to build our own house this year and I am trying to find information on window depth.…

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    Should our windows be strapped?

    February 5, 2021

    Hi, we are replacing the windows and siding for our cabin but are getting different opinions on the best way to install the windows. The question is whether the windows…

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