Homeowner Forum / Construction / June 2004

I was looking at a home recently, and noticed that the homeowners had chosen
to use blueboard with a veneer plaster as opposed to the normal drywall.
My question is,
1) What is the difference?  as it relates to durability and looks.

We're finishing our attic so that a 10' x 24' room will be created with an
8' ceiling height. Currently, the attic floor is insulated (no insulation in
the rafter's).
I'm trying to determine which would be the better way to insulate:

Anybody know of a good site with plans or ideas on a two sided gate?  I need
to put a gate on my deck going towards the pool.  The opening is about 5
feet and a one piece gate would be too big.
Thanks,

At the Vegas Builders show in early in the year, there was somebody that had
a new laminated flooring product that had the look and texture of tile, but
was unique in that it was rated for wet areas (ie kitchens and baths). It
had the look of a 14x14 (or so) tile with a printed on ...

Our new home has a guest house (16' x 16') with a 12 foot ceiling. About a
1/3 of floor area has a loft which is only 4 feet high - to be used by
children as a sleep area and/or children's private TV watching area.
Our dilemma is what to put on the loft floor. Inevitably, there will ...

Cash paid for tools
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I am located in south Jersey and have cash for tools.
I buy snap-on, matco mac Construction equipment, trailers etc. tell me what

I am building a new home.  The interior is being framed and I am using the
new pressure treated wood.  I am using regular uncoated nails for fastening.
Is my framing going to come apart soon?

I am in Northeast Ohio and am considering building an addition or
having one built.  The addition would be about a 17' x 17' area
consisting of a first floor master bedroom and master bath off the
back of the house.  I have to go 28" down for a crawl space

Is there a "best way" to accomplish this?
We bought wallpaper removal spray and one of those
scoring tools and this is proving to be almost too
labor intensive.  2 hours just to remove a strip 4' long

I'm a property investor based in London/Hertfordshire, UK. I would like to
make contact with a local (structural) surveyor and perhaps purchase a few
hours of their time to look at some properties to better understand common
structural defects, especially the significance of ...

Hi;
I live in Va and want to build a detached garage in the back of my
house to use as an automotive workshop. I am wanting a ten or twelve
foot ceiling so I can add a lift. I would also like to maybe do some

Looking for a replacement for my Bosch 14.4 that died recently.
Would like the traditional "T-handle" configuration, not the "screw-pusher"
configuration.
Has anyone had experience with the Hitachi 14.4 drills? They make a $70 one

Help! We just purchased a 90 yr. old property which has two homes on
it, one in front and one in back. In the back house the back wall sits
about 20 feet from the alley-way and there is a downstairs room that
is an add-on. It has a concrete floor and when it rains heavily

I am an owner-builder and recently purchased windows for my new house.  I
ordered the windows through Cox Lumber Co. in Florida and they delivered
BetterBilt windows.  Most of them are single hung aluminum fin with about 1 1/8"
of the window frame protruding outside the wood frame ...

Sorry I'm not even sure if this is the right place to post this type of
question but I have a crack in a beam that causes the ceiling to constantly
need to be replastered. Could somone please point me to a resource on "how
to repair a broken wooden beam".