Recent content by mjwelte

Count me in please.

Not a fan of CPO. Numerous times I have ordered from them only to have it canceled later. Lots of low prices but never ship it. Also order a reconditioned tool from them that was DOA and they did nothing to correct it. Said I had to contact Rigid and Rigid said it was CPO's problem as it was...

We are going to do the same thing but for wind loads. The 12 foot swinging gate we have is a nightmare if it is windy and is actually rather dangerous for my wife. The biggest downside (other than cost) is that we will have to pour a concrete footer for the gate to ride on via a "v" track. After...

Also look for a local retailer other than Lowes or HD. I found a place 30 miles east of town that was almost half the price the big box stores. They were also much easier to deal with. We used it and will never go back to fiberglass. It was about 10% more expensive but the sound insulation more...

For the structural brick look at Summit Brick http://www.summitbrick.com and Interstate Brick http://www.interstatebrick.com/. I work for Summit and we have a distributor in Virginia at Potomac Valley Brick Company. We have a fair amount of work in New York and Chicago as we can custom blend...

I have used Borgert pavers and was happy with them. Also consider clay pavers as they are colorfast and typically stronger. Downside of clay pavers is the limit in sizes.

As slowforty says get a quote from a mudjacking service. They use high pressure grout to lift the floor and fill in any voids. It is much cheaper than a cut and repour. I live in an area that is all expansive clay and all of my neighbors have had to have their sidewalks repaired. The clay will...

We did a house with foam in the walls and just ran Romex and low voltage in the walls and sprayed over. As with all projects once everything was sheet rocked up the homeowner decided to add a couple of electrical outlets and wanted to add CAT5 in the low voltage runs. There was no way we could...