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LP requires you to leave a 3/16" gap at the joint between trim boards. LP also requires these joints be caulked. Quite a few of the joints were caulked about six weeks ago. After the sealant had cured a few days the sealant shrunk probably 30% although it was still adhered to the trim boards...

My last two electric bills have been up by 20% to 25%. The first month I thought maybe it was due to running a big industrial fan upwards of 40 hours a week plus running the A/C units on my motorhome for maybe 16 hours total while prepping it for a big trip. My bill was still up for a second...

Mikey Pipes on Youtube keeps saying in his videos that standing pilot tank water heaters will be banned in either 2025 or 2026 (Can't recall which year). He implies it is a federal ban rather than a New York state ban. Has anyone heard of such a ban as my Google searches aren't finding...

The garage door on the back side of my new garage is going to be white, but the trim is a sandstone color. Should the garage door stop molding match the color of the trim, or the color of the garage door? Yes, I should have bought a garage door that matches better, but it is the back of the...

I installed a rollup garage door yesterday. Clopay just sent a length of chain for operating it without any way to connect the two ends of the chain. I simply used a zip tie to connect the two ends which is working for now, but a zip tie is not a long term solution. What should I use to...

I will be installing a number of pieces of Smartside shiplap siding panels on my new garage. Should I remove the laps on both ends of each run of panels? I know I will need to remove the bottom lap at the end of a run, but do I need to remove the top lap at the beginning of a run?

I installed the roofing panels for a click lock standing seam roof on my 16 foot high roof without fall protection. The underlayment provided good traction. I should have installed fall protection anchors before installing the panels, but I did not. I still need to install the ridge cap. I...

I bought what appears to be a lightly used Bostitch N66C siding nailer off Ebay in 2015, but I ended up not using it back then. I am siding my big garage now and it has a hair trigger and often double fires nails right next to each other. It will sometimes fire a nail before the gun is...

I decided to pre-paint all of the Smartside siding, trim, and soffit for my new garage. I have been painting for a month now inside of my new garage and I still have probably a week to go. I have six sets of sawhorses set up inside the garage and can paint thirty pieces of siding per batch...

There are four options I am looking at for leveling the first course of Smartside siding on my new garage and looking for thoughts on these options. Building is 24x60 with 16 foot sidewalls. 1. Story pole from eaves, but the eaves are 16 feet up. A co-worker resided his house this way, but...

I have always allowed my electric utility to control my A/C during peak usage times in exchange for a bill credit. Up until 2017 or 2018 it was done by radio control, and the A/C was allowed to run for a portion of each hour. The A/C was able to maintain the set point, or maybe go up a degree...

I need to place a few cubic yards of dirt around my new garage because the city required the building to be raised up above the natural grade. My issue is my yard is all fine sand. I have read and heard that you shouldn’t put in black dirt if the rest of the lot does not have black dirt. I...

I am trying to find a demolition saw blade for a 10” table saw, I need to rip some wood that has buried nails in it. Anyone know of anything? The saw is a crappy Craftsman saw that I don’t care about. There are plenty of 7-1/4” demo blades, but might not go high enough in my table saw. Yes...

I need to frame up my soffits for my Smartside soffit. I have to put half of a 2x4 on the wall and then put flat 2x4s across. I need to do all four sides of a 24x60 structure. Would screws be okay for this, or would I be better off with a framing nailer? Well, I know screws would work, but...

I just had a new garage framed up this week. I am trying to be sure I have everything I need for the bare minimum of what a garage requires for electrical. I am pretty much out of money for the moment so I am doing the bare minimum for electrical to start. I have an electrical permit and it...

I will be installing a bunch of Smartside trim, soffit, and panels on my new garage that was just framed. I will need to paint the nail heads and the cut ends. Any suggestions on a container/brush combo for this? I don't want the paint to dry out and I also want a small brush for the nail heads/

I ended up buying all of the building materials for the basic shell of my garage from Menards. One lumberyard never gave me a materials estimate, and the other lumberyard was 40% more expensive (before the 11% rebate) than Menards. I would gone with the lumberyard if they were maybe 10% more...

My home office is a converted bedroom with a ceiling light. Can I replace the electrical box for the light with a fan box without going up into the attic? The attic is full of blown-in fiberglass and it also has an inch of so of spray foam for air sealing.

I am finally starting on my 24x60x16 garage for my motorhome. The slab was poured last summer. The materials were delivered today and the framer starts some of the work on Monday. The main work will start on June 3rd when the Telehandler is available to lift the walls and trusses. Sorry, no...

I currently run my A/C at 74 degrees when at home and at 78 degrees when at work. I set to 78 at 6 am and set it to 74 at 5 pm. The thermostat starts running the A/C prior to 5 pm in hopes it will be at 74 by 5 pm. I'm not convinced this is the best schedule since 4 pm to 5 pm is considered a...