Homeowner Forum / Construction / October 2008

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Looking for a rigid aluminum frame screen door, for entry, with a large pet
entry integral to that door.  Found vinyl version online at homedepot.com.
I don't like vinyl/plastic as its subject the weather by drying out and
becoming brittle.  No hollow aluminum tubing framed doors. ...

I recently installed a yardmaster metal shed in the garden. After a good
shower of rain the inside has huge wet patches on the concrete floor.
The sheds on a cement base with the top three or four inches being a mix of
one cement to four sharp sand and under that top layer, it's a ...

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Hello everyone.  To help with climate concerns I am from Ont. Can.  My
wife and I are looking at putting on an addition 32' x 34' 1 floor with
kitchen and bath.  We are hoping to avoid basement and crawlspace.  Our

I am rehabbing a house. Upstairs there are two three way switches about 15
feet apart that control two light fixtures. I have identified the two
travelers. I have identified the hot wire (wire supplying 120VAC) and I have
identified the wire going to the lights. So far, so good.

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I'm looking at installing under tile heating in a bathroom I'm building.
 The floor is concrete.  What are some favorite cable or mat suppliers
that you have had good luck with?
Matt

I am a general contractor but it has been years since I sweated copper.
I cut the pipe with a pipe cutter tool. I clean both the pipe end (male) and
the fitting (female) thoroughly. It is shiny clean. I coat both with paste
flux (the brown stuff). I put the two pieces together ...

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  Which just want belly-up and is still planning on paying out 2.5
billion in  BONUSES.
Don't worry about making sure that Social Security stays solvent...

Check it all out, new homes completed and viewable. Your first home owners
grant. Your easy finance mortgage and repayment rate. Besides the homes
completed and in progress, a display home that gives you the best to select
your style to suit your budget.

Don't know the terminology; *sticking* maybe? I am making a ac hole in wall
smaller so I pour the bottom and did the sides. now I need to do the
*roof/ceiling* of the hole.. it has eight inch blocks..some spaces to fill
in em. What is the correct mix so when I apply the cement, ...

I need some advice.  Could you please give me some ideas, comments,
suggestions about what questions I should ask, what information sources
there are and so forth for designing and remodeling a bathroom to make it
wheelchair-friendly?

Andy asks:
  I have built a room in the attic space and would like to add a
sink and a urinal to it.....
  Is it acceptable to connect the drain line by "T"ing into the