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The bottom of these cabinets have a slide out, they are old wood shelf that runs in a dato groove. Ounce pulled out there is or now was removable peices of 1/4 particle board about 16x16 in size. Hell I just found them because I am cutting in a dishwasher opening, the inspector wouldnt have had...

One other thing, I have thought about this all day. I wont be even trying to go after inspector, its been to long. Why does an inspection cost so dam much, 500 in my case, if there is no responsiblity on the inspector?? Hell it looks now like one hell of a money maker and no worries.... Rant over..

Well because its my story and I will write it any way I want, dont respond if you dont like it. To the others that responded, Thanks! How long is an inspector responsible or are they even responsible at all??

So here is the back story first, I bought the house I am currently in about 2 1/2 years ago. Had pest and dry rot inspection, seller had to change some floor joist supports for sale. Well I cut out some cabinets to install a dishwasher, put in new sink and faucet. Under the cabinets the floor...

Its sad, my local sears is closing. Its been there for all of my 32 years. Started picking up some Kobalt tools because of them being local and lifetime warranty.

Could you tell me why, or what purpose there is to the two different types of insulation in the ceiling?

Thanks for the info. racerbob4 - I was planning on number 4 bar 16" oc.

So planning out my new shop build, building will be 24x48 12 ft walls. I was curious to see opinions on the placement of the vapor barrier under the concrete slab. Put in gravel, compact then lay vapor barrier and poor concrete, or lay vapor barrier and put gravel over it? Have always heard...

Has lots of potential. Is that two air conditioners under the work bench in the last picture?

1. Sell existing house inside city limits! 2. Build 24x48 pole building at new house outside city limits! 3. Raise center floor joist support beam under new house an inch to level house floor. 4. Replace electrical panel at new house. 5. Build RC track in field at new house. 6. And about 100...

Hey All, I am in water works and the number 1 reason for a water system is to supply safe potable water to the consumer. Fire protection just comes along with that. Your water department most likely shut off the water as a precaution to keep the storage reservoir from draining just in case...

The only objection to a higher wall is the extra area to heat up, and thats not that big of an issue, I will be using wood heat in the shop and only needing to take the chill off the air! My zoning requirements are not over 1200 sqft and max wall height of 12 ft! I was just looking at the...

Has anyone used or have knowledge about whether or not a Scissor Truss puts more stress or outward leverage on a wall than a Standard Truss? I am planning a build of a 24x48 pole building and the Scissor Truss would give a little more head room with out going 12 ft wall height. I have not...

The part of Oregon that I live in gets an avgerage of 159 days of rain, 182 days of sunshine, and it has an average of 217 day growing season! Just a little info for your question! I will post up a couple of pictures once I get an account with photobucket or another photo site!

Howdy All, been looking around a bit before posting! Very informative and helpful site! Currently planning a build for a 24x48 pole building, as soon as I sell the house I moved out of .... did I mention I had just finished a 20x28x10 shop at that location... well now I have! The things a...