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He's been in VA. for 4 years. Almost to the date. At least liscenced in VA. with the board of contractors. He's insured and told my wife to not seal it for at least a year. I know NOTHING about paving except for what I read in the hour researching it on the internet. Personally I'd rather get a...

I've got gravel now. Never had crush & run put down over the original drive way that's been there over 9 years. Dude says he's going to level it off (it's fairly flat now) then put the asphalt over it with no base. Says the existing driveway has a good enough base already.... I've got a bad...

Seems my wife "hired" a guy who's in the neighborhood paving some driveways. She was home and he stopped by to see if we wanted to have our driveway paved. She talked to him and agreed to have him do it on Friday. I was at work and sort of made a snap decision to let this guy do it. I'm off...

Here's an old picture while the rock was being installed. there's paint, carpet and trim now. You can see where I would need a railing on the left along the floor in the picture.

I'm down to the last few steps in finishing my 4 year long project and one of the last things is installing a rail at the top of the steps that go to the room above my garage. The carpet has already been installed so I need some ideas on what to use for the railing. It would be nice if I could...

I did a little digging and I want to make sure I am reading this right. To keep the sink on top of the cabinet, just caulk around the edges???:wtf:

Still not sure what I'm going to do. I thought about powder coating but wondered if it was going to be really expensive. I was looking at the coupling and found that the piece of steel it's welded and bolted to is bent. I towed it from a buddy's house at speeds of 65 mph +, with no issues that I...

I picked up an old home made trailer and the paint is very bad. I'm talking rust coming through all over. I began to grind and sand off the old paint & rust but I'm not quite sure what to do with it once I get it striped? Should I prime it, then use a rust resistant paint? What else could I do...

So what other light weight material could I use besides actual tile? Does anyone know where I can get sheets of fiberglass to cut to fit?

This is what I have. I can't get a fiberglass prefabbed shower because of the roof slope on the left wall. I would have liked to but it wouldn't have fit.

The trusses are engineered for storage only. I've also got a lot of additional weight I'm going to put up there (couch, tv, fridge etc.). Also tile is time consuming & more expensive.

I don't want to use tile because of the weight. I know it's probably ok, but the lighter the better. I the won't be using the shower very often but don't want to worry about it leaking. I talked to someone in the tile deptartment at Lowe's and they told me they wouldn't use fake tile panneling...

So the materials I will need to install the hardibacker before I put up the fake tile sheets will include: 1. Hardibacker board 2. Correct screws/nails for installation 3. 2" fiberglass tape for corners 4. Thinset 5. Roofing felt 6. Caulk Each board will be one continuous sheet from the...

I too am going to place my compressor in my closet under the stairs. Was there any heat build up issues? I know the manufacturer recommends more space around the compressor than I will have with the door shut.

Anyone used this stuff before? Just a few questions. What to use for furring joints? What to use to seal the joints?

Nathan, I'm just west of Richmond in Chesterfield in an older established neighborhood. I had just enough room to squeeze it in. Joe, the cabinets were my In-Law's old kitchen cabinets. They gave them to me when they remodeled their kitchen. It couldn't have worked out better and they look...

It's 26 x 36 with a 12 x 33 room upstairs with a shower, toilet & sink.

I finally uploaded some of the pics (300+) of my progress on my money pit. Enjoy! Feel free to ask any questions!:) Garage Pics

Thanks for the info guys. Now I'm beginning to wonder if my home heat pump is set inefficiently. My electric bill is through the roof. Given it's a 10 yr. old system and it's bottom of the line courtosey of my builder. So if I want it to be 55* in the garage, and it's set at 45* now, I should...

In my house my emergency heat comes on only when there's a problem with my system and I have to have someone come out to find and fix the problem. I had an issue like that fixed a few years ago and now the new heat pump in my garage is going into "auxiliary heat" mode. What causes it to do...