Homeowner Forum / Construction / November 2003

Can anybody help please?
I'm widening a concrete driveway by 4ft to make car parking easier and would
be grateful for some tips (a neighbour did the same and ended up with an
embarrassing amount of excess ready mixed concrete, with hindsight he'd have

Were building a new house here and it's under roof and felt now. With recent
rain we've had a large amount of water get through. They did layer the felt
properly. I think we my have gotten a bad batch of felt. Here's some pics.
http://users.adelphia.net/~lbaker12/images/roof1.jpg

Does anyone have any experience with cedar shake vinyl siding products?  It is
the look of the shake and scallops by alside and norandex that I am
considering.
Just wondering if you have technical specifications, installation "gotcha's",

anyone?
"If I can not dance, I want no part in your revolution."  Emma Goldman

I am thinking about having a building built 20 x40 for a dog kennel
business.  All the kennels I've seen have been block const. I realize the
block will make cleaning easier, but which form of const. is the least
expensive.

I've been told that i can use a construction adhesive like gorilla glue and
a finish nailer to attach the trex to my deck substructure... Anyone here
have experience ? gorilla glue isn't cheap, I'm not sure but i think the
glue cannot have MEK in it or it could possibly melt the ...

I live in a home constructed in the 50s that has ungrounded outlets that I
would like to upgrade.  I was preparing to run new three conductor wires to
each outlet, but was told by a local contractor that instead I can run just
a grounding wire to each and back to the box.  That ...

We are building a small cabin in the hills of NC and we are interested in a
rain catchment system for drainking and other uses.  I haven't had any luck
in locating a "turnkey" system for my use.  Anyone here know of one or a
good place to look for same?

I'm getting ready to pour a garage floor and am wondering whether a
small apron should be poured along with the floor or, if I pour a big
apron/driveway later, where to put a joint between the two.
Some details.  The garage is about 24x24, but I'm also pouring another

Hi.  A question has come up and I can't get an answer from Simpson Stongtie
until Monday.  Does anyone know if there is a problem with using metal framing
connectors on top of the plywood sheathing?  I haven't found an answer on the
Simpson web site - just one reference showing a ...

The new house is nearing completion and we will be moving and selling
the two-story, "high-ranch" type, tract home that we have been in for
35 years.  The house has a L-Shaped Living/Dining Room combination.
Soon after we moved in a crack traced from the corner of the "L"

What are some good non-leather tool belt rigs? Thanks in advance.
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K.W.
KEL620@aol.com

I'm installing a set of attic stairs, and the procedure calls for
framing the hole slightly oversized, and then using shims to hold the
frame of the stairs in place before screwing the frame to the framing.  
The frame of the stairs is quite deep, on the order of 9 inches.

I have a masking tape question for you, or perhaps it is a shellac question....
I need to carefully tape off a kitchen ceiling to paint it, without getting any
paint on the walls.  Of course, I will be using a fresh quality roll of masking
tape, from a sealed package to as to not ...

There are a few postings that seemed to have been quashed by Lyle, yet
he has his website address phone number and all.  I don't get it I
really was interested in junk commercials just for additional info on
new and different things out on the markets.