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October 20, 2010
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March 24, 2010
at the first outlet off the water meter where the line goes to the house, i have good, strong pressure comming out from there and from the other outside outlet (there's only 2), but the ...
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January 30, 2010
I'm looking to add a car port that will house my boat off the side of my house. I will be attaching a 2x8 to the side of the house as support for one side. Because of this will I need a permit for the pro...
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March 16, 2010
Anyone looking for a screen room, pool enclosure, or vinyl siding, a sunroom, or maybe even Hurricane Shutters. Area we are looking at are Walton, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa Counties in Florid...
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September 28, 2009
NEW HGTV SHOW LOOKING FOR DENVER HOMEOWNERS Think you’ve got what it takes to be the General Contractor on your own renovation? Think you can do it cheaper than the pros? Put your skills to the test fo...
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August 12, 2015
I recently purchased a balloon house that was built in 1910. It is 2 stories, and the exterior walls are 2x4's that extends from the brick foundation, to the eves. I want to make the 2nd floor a lar...
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August 29, 2009
We are in the process of putting up new drywall for our ceiling. We put up the new insullation and most of the drywall, but we are noticing uneven seams and large gaps betweens the sheets. I read about your...
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August 27, 2009
My husband and I are finding ourselves drawaing and redrawing for a few new additions to our house. A friend of mine recommended http://dragonfly.autodesk.com. I was wondering if anyone has ever use...
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May 11, 2009
Looking for a good vinyl siding contractor -reply to email: flyjnm@aol.com...
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March 17, 2010
Hi would like to know if anybody comes here and post anything?I am a floor contractor looking for a forum to exchange info. Cheers...
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February 21, 2009
This year was extremely bad for natural disasters, but there were also times when the power was also out in areas adjacent to the hard-hit places ravaged by tornadoes, hurricanes and floods. And since t...
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November 21, 2008
Natural stone is a great feature for the wall of a large room or as an adornment, like a kitchen backsplash. However, stone is heavy and and it is hard to install properly for all but the most experienc...
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October 5, 2008
When trying to find the right flooring basement floors can be like a mine field. Because of moisture concerns many people just give up and leave it bare or put tile right over the concrete surface. And this doe...
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September 30, 2008
Many homes in the early part of the 1900's were made with hardwood floors. The floor planking was thin, like bowling alley and many of the floors had great patterns like herring bone. Sometimes a differ...
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September 15, 2008
Concrete is rarely thought of as an end-use product for floors outside of a basement, garage or commercial enterprise. Homeowners who build a slab-on-grade home will usually frame the concrete pad and use t...
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September 12, 2008
There have been many improvements in recent years over good old pine clapboard. The biggest seller is vinyl, then comes cement fiber clapboard. Both have the same shape and a wood-grain effect that makes th...
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September 7, 2008
Imagine putting up beautiful, pine clapboard, staining it and the, ten years later, there is rot underneath. This happens very often in clapboard siding and it is called "wicking." In...
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August 25, 2008
Everyone has done it: You want a job done quickly and you take the first contractor or tradesperson that comes along. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When it comes to spending $10...
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February 18, 2009