Recent content by Nowater

All the white vinyl fences I see are green shortly, and not in a good way. I have seen a stuccoed fence made with steel posts with foam panels suspended in between. The whole thing is covered with stucco. Call that $tucco.

Lay out an extended twenty-five foot tape measure on the floor and then take pictures off the walls, so you can estimate distances to studs. Photos are cheap insurance.

If you would consider a counterweight on the opposite side of the post and attached to the gate so that it rotates around the post in tandem with the gate, a counterweight would transform the bending stress to a downward stress. I don't think your posts and concrete will sink with additional...

In the other direction, start your cabinets at the high point on the floor and set that cabinet very close to the floor height. Raise the other cabinets to that height. If you don't, your cabinets may possibly be too high by the time you get to the stove or dishwasher. As far as the corner...

Building height here is set by zoning. Max height with 2 by 4s is 14 feet of a solid board, not 8 ' joined to 6 ' because of the high winds. Multistory is different. I think you need more input than just what people here say.

Former electrician here, it may be better to just install an extra fixture or two to prevent shadows. The new LEDs that look like four foot fluorescents are pretty cheap, and inexpensive to run.

This. They are available from many places. And measure the length of your throne to match the seat top bidet. Most have blue and pink settings. Then, paper becomes more of an agent to dry things out. Place a garbage can next to your favorite seat and dispose of the mostly clean paper...

Site built trusses are not permitted in Sarasota. Be forewarned.

I would make it just a little more symmetrical by making the top four drawers 32" wide, one on top of the other and your planned 3" deep. I find the shallow drawers more useful and that is what I did in my shop. Now, it is easy to vertically support the drawer sections in the center of the...

Here in Florida, I have two metal roofs both fastened down directly to the roof membrane. It does get windy here! I suggest it may be easier to just put some insulation on the bottom of that roof rather than do the air break. If you have warm moist air inside and cooler air outside I believe...

Is the door insulated and well sealed to the building? For occasional use, I go with insulate the inside rather than wait for the walls to heat up. Some members have reported that they installed radiant heat in their floor and they stay warmer. Have you considered a radiant floor map under...

Those look a lot like homemade trusses, which are not legal here in windy Florida, and we don't even have any snow load. My seat of the pants engineering says that you can raise the bottom chord of some of those trusses a foot or two, but it is not that easy without some thought. IF possible...

I did what he did, except mine does not look as nice. Mine came from an AC unit and was 240 volts and two speed, not including off. I use two filters for mine to help with dust. The high speed is too fast for my shop. A woodworker close by uses his to blow air to cool down. You could also...

Water softener salt may help.

I special ordered 1/4 " white pegboard from Home Depot in 2' by 4' pieces. There is also some white plastic pegboard available in 2' by 4' pieces too, I got one sheet from Lowes a number of years ago, and several more pieces from a local person on Craigslist, which can be hit or miss. One...