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A few years ago I had my front porch redone in all vinyl. The guy who did it for me didn't secure the top or bottom and relied only on using the railing to keep it upright. I have a good idea on how to secure them myself but I need someone to fabricate the brackets. The machine shops around here...

I've got a bit of a predicament with my exterior rear door on my house. About 10 years ago, I built an attached deck and didn't remember to lower the deck so it wouldn't be flush to the door (which it is). The door is black and the plastic around the window in the door which has made it leak...

With all the tempature swings and rain we have had, my gable end in the knee wall is sweating pretty bad. I'm worried about moisture damage. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

I had my final inspection today. There were several issues. The grade was too high on the outside. Not sure how they could tell that since it's too close to tell by just looking at it. The biggest thing is they said I needed a fire rated door where you can go to the "finished storage" space...

I'm going to seal or have it sealed by the guy who paved the driveway (only because he told us it will void the warranty if someone else does it) and was if there was anything I needed to know before I have it done. Latex or oil based? Or any other info I might want to consider.

I was going to take my trailer to a relatives house so they could use it to take some stuff to the dump and as I was backing up I hit the coupling/ball mount on the trailer and bent it by accident. The bad thing was that I didn't notice it and lowered the trailer to the ball and thought...

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...

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:

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...

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

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

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...

Should I clean off as much dust from the sheetrock? If the dust isn't a big deal, I'll start to paint immediately. But if it's better to clean the rock before I paint I will. It's very time consuming and I need to get it done. My building permit expires on 12-31-06. I've only got 3 more...

What's the best way to clean all this junk off the floor? Sweeping seems to push it around and distribute the dust and doesn't seem to clean it up. Vacuuming would take FOREVER. Any ideas? TIA!:)

I've got a guy who wants to install my drywall vertically instead of horizontally for my walls that are 8' in my garage. He says it's less joints for him to mud and tape. He also wants to use 4'X8' sheets. I told him I might use 4X12 sheets and he didn't like the idea. I would think there would...

What's a good price for installation of drywall? A guy I work with gave me a price of 16 bucks a board (4 X 8). That is to hang and finish. For me, that's $1600.00. I've really dumped more $ in this thing than I've wanted. I plan on getting more estimates but was wondering if anyone has had any...

Today it was 92* outside and I'm insulating the room above the garage. Just out of couriosity I took a digital thermometer to the second floor to see how hot it was up there. It will give me two readings because there is a sensor attached. One is for the inside temp and the other is for where...

I got a quote on putting HVAC in my garage today from a friend of mine that would do it on the side for me for $7200. That's for two complete seperate systems. One for the upstars and the other for the downstairs. I haven't talked to him yet but I think that's just for the equipment. That seems...

My garage is 36X26' with a 33X12' room with plumbing and I need to keep the pipes from freezing and or bursting during the winter. I'm sure it's been rehashed before but I have to ask. What's the best and most cost effective way to heat and cool this sucker? Due to local building codes I can't...