Homeowner Forum / Construction / April 2005

I am building an 8 x 20 porch onto my house which has a
4 in 12 slope roof.
I would like to use cedar wood shingle on the roof. I believe
this is the minimum slope for which cedar shingle is recommended.

   I need to frame a tub surround to support a Kohler K-1314 Symbio
corner tub.  This unit sits in the corner and has a curved front edge.
My plan is to build a 2x4 stub wall that supports the deck and then
tile the wall and deck.  Since this wall rests on a slab and it

   I need to frame a tub surround to support a Kohler K-1314 Symbio
corner tub.  This unit sits in the corner and has a curved front edge.
My plan is to build a 2x4 stub wall that supports the deck and then
tile the wall and deck.  Since this wall rests on a slab and it

I have a couple of older (2-3 years) post brackets in place,
and they may not have been adequately plated to protect
them from the new copper-based treated lumber. It is not
practical to replace them at this point, so I want to do what

I'm installing 4 skylights in a porch. Velux fixed models.
I may need to put on a metal roof, or have a roofer do it.
The flashing kit for metal roofs costs more than the skylight
itself.  I am wondering if it is really necessary to buy the

I am contemplating removing my old stick build roof, and replacing it with
an attic truss. Does anyone have any good weblinks, or personal experience
with this type of project??
Jason

We've just purchased a house which the home inspector informed us would
need at grading work done to the foundation on the back of the house or
we'd have a wet basement durring rain. We it seems our basement does in
fact get wet durring rain. I'm curious if putting a patio on this ...

What is reasonable height for a Window cill form FFL in a Kitchen?
What are the experiences?
Sid

Slightly OT but..
I know what a "pallet load" is but what is a "skid" (in the context of
shipping materials/objects around). Seen on a Fedex shipping website.
Thanks

I'm building a cottage that will be located on a large rock so the only
solution that i can find is to build it on pillars and I would like to
know
what would be the best spacing between pillars and what would be the

Hey yawl --
I have a project that needs a 24" wide fireplace -- I can find a 28", but
not a 24".  Anybody know a mfg that might make a 24"?  The next smallest one
I've found under 28 is 20, and that's a mite too small.

I am looking to put up a 5000 square foot commercial building. Does
anyone out there know what kind of interest rate banks are currently
charging for this kind of project?
el

I have an old one with terms collected throughout the entire South American
theater.
Somehow I always thought it would make a good resource from which to create
a derived work that ran on a "superintendent's" laptop, PDA or on a

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience putting up a polebarn/shop.
I would like to do the work myself to keep the cost down.  I was thinking of
doing a steel building but wood isn't out of the question.  I was thinking
of a building around 40 x 80 at least 12 foot high ...

I want to be able to place removeable galvanized steel 4"x4" posts
in a concrete sidewalk such that when removed, the sidewalk has
nothing protruding beyond the flat surface.
I think I've seen something like this on Moffett Field, near the big