Archive for the ‘Do It Yourself (DIY)’ Category
Monday, December 29th, 2008
A.R. asked: Also, will such agency give me advice on codes, and how to present drawings so that they may be approved?
Oh, sorry, I’m in Los Angeles County.
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Tags: Build Deck, Building Permit, Drawings, Los Angeles County
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
chrissndrl2003 asked: I am looking for a program or anything that I can use to help me figure out what kind of porch deck that I want off the front porch. If anyone knows of a program that I can use for free please let me know. We have a concrete porch that we want to extend out into a deck. We have an idea of what we want, I just want to use a program to see which will be the best one.
Thank You
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Tags: Building A Porch, Concrete Porch, Front Porch, Porch Deck
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Philip Augustus asked: Anyone use insulating paint powder in your home?
Power you mix in paint. then paint your walls.
Did it help keep cold out?
What brand did you use?
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Tags: Insulating Paint, Paint Powder, Power Paint
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Devin S asked: I am building a deck using pressure treated lumber. I plan to use either 8 x 3″ or 10 x 3.5″ screws. I am wondering what the difference is between green and cedar coloured screws, and which would be most appropriate for use with pressure treated lumber.
Thanks,
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Tags: Building A Deck, Building Deck, Pressure Treated Lumber, Screws
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
spankster19482002 asked: I have a 1968 Fleetwood Mobile Home that I live in next to a Expressway in California, believe it or not it gets chilly and noisy. The inside is wood panel and the outside the typical metal paneling.
We don’t want a big mess we have new wall to wal carpeting and new interior and exterior paint. I want to insulate it quick, easy and no mess.
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Tags: Carpeting, Fleetwood Mobile Home, Paneling, Typical Metal
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
endless renos asked: I replaced a window with a door to my backyard and want to build a deck but under the door is a access area. I have pics of my predicament but do not know if I can post them. Do I need to build around the access or break the cement boarder of the access area? Had I known I would have moved the door access over 6” to the left.
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Tags: Boarder, Build A Deck, Build Deck, Predicament
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Jim L asked: We are considering a kitchen remodel. We’ve hired a general contractor and a kitchen designer for the DESIGN PHASE (a seperate agreement will be presented for the BUILD PHASE). We would like to explore other paths in lieu of hiring a GC.
We are interested in hearing from homeowners who have done kitchen remodels as to the options they pursued? How many served as their own GC’s? How did that go? How many worked with the local home center for cabinets, floors, etc and left the structural stuff to someone else? How did that work? We’re not interested in being our own GC, but there has got to be a less expensive way! We’re making quality decisions and downgrading OUR choices for OUR kitchen just to pay the GC’s fee and overhead costs. For example, we did all the work to select over $10K worth of appliances (which will be delivered and installed) and the GC will stand to earn quite a bit for what appears little work (enough for another appliance). Are there any other options?
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Tags: Appliances, Kitchen Design, Kitchen Remodels, Quality Decisions
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
roadlessgraveled asked: I want to remove the top strips and under the windows and blow insulation into the sidewalls. There are no firestops in the walls, so I shouldn’t have to take off more than the top and under the windows. How do I do this? The siding is 8″ wide.
This is a DIY forum, you know. Everything a DIY person does, at some point they had “never done it before”…and the way they learn to do it the first time is to learn how to do it. To say “if you don’t know how, you shouldn’t do it” is an absurd statement for a real DIY person. It doesn’t take years of experience to DIY, it mostly takes knowledge of the material and the tools needed, then the technique…which is the the purpose of this forum.
Harrummph….
And before you say “ehow.com”, check and see if there actually IS any useful information there.
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Tags: Aluminum Siding, Diy, Insulation
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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Brian J asked: Should I used different nails for the framing and the decking? I plan on using a framing nailer.
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Tags: Building A Deck, Building Deck, Framing Nailer, Galvanized Nails
Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY) | 13 Comments »
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
Chicken1 asked: How much would it cost to tear down a wall which was put up in a garage to partition a portion into a little office? It’s a one-car garage, approximate size of wall is 11 lineal feet by 8 foot high. It was done by a builder so is most likely to code. It has a door as well to permit access to the entire garage. I’m just looking for a cost range to raze it and remove the debris.
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Tags: Approximate Size, Car Garage, Debris, Lineal Feet
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