Tag: diy
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Grouting the Tile
After you’ve finished setting your tile in the thinnest bed. You need to give the tile and thinnest time to dry. After a day I rack out all the extra thinnest. Then I scrub the tiles to clean them. I bought a 4” scrub brush which attaches to my cordless drill I use for this…
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At What Cost
Yesterday I went to the project where I had to solve a few problem areas. The first issue was easy enough to find a solution to. When the concrete was being poured it was poured for 2 x6 bottom plat but when the framing was in place 3 x6 plates were used, thus sometimes…
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Plumbing And Lining You Unit
During the building process hopefully, you have been tacking your walls in place so you could go throughout the unit and plumb and line your walls before stacking your roof. The first step in plumbing in lining is to start making the walls are straight. Wall the wall line of you unit to ensure…
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Setting the Bathroom Faucet for A Shower Tub Combo
I was doing a fresh water plumbing project and the homeowner was fascinated by the way I went about the project. She asked a few questions, so I started telling her why I was going about it the way I was. The walls where I was setting the plumbing was not finished so I searched…
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Laying Out and Tiling Your Project
I have seen different methods used to lay out for tiling an area. Personally, I start by snapping two straight line and right angles to each other when ever this is possible. I then take the tiles and place them as though I am putting them in the thin set with spacer and all. I…
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Shopping For Your Tools
The last time I wrote I was considering going back to the raised foundation or Crawl space foundation because I do not believe there is the savings there once was in the continuous pour foundation. Any was I was at the project and cleaning the extra concrete from around my tie down and hold down…
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