Tag: home-improvement
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Wiring the Panel Box
This is a task it is wise to take your time and do it as neatly as possible. Before you begin to do anything in the panel box make sure that there is no power running to it. Do not rely on breakers alone check it with your testers. Then take a moment to plan…
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Giving More
Every where I go during most day, I am in my company’s shirt, which clearly displays the companies name above the pocket. SO, when I’m out and about I am a walking advertisement or detriment to my cause. If I go into a local hardware store, I am often asked questions. I take the…
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Shingling
The felt or the new underpayment has been installed and it time to begin shingling or tiling the roof. I prefer shingles over tiles personally. Tiles do not last forever and when the felt wares out the cost difference favors shingles. When I do shingle, I highly recommend Malarkey Shingles and I favor the…
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Roof Sheathing
Once the rafters are in and the fascia have been installed it is time to door the roofs sheathing. Personally, I do not like the plywood to the fascia look so I begin the process with 1 X 8 shiplap. I first do the long runs and then a do the gable ends. Doing so…
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Running Water Lines Through the Attic
Because of the size of the members in the framing wall, we needed to run the water line through the attic. The home owner wanted to run pex A, because it is more friendly than Pex B. Pex a doesn’t expand as much and the fittings are stronger and easier to install. He also wanted…
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Tying The Plumbing Together
Tying the plumbing stacks together to reduce penetrations through the roof is done so as to reduce the chances of a leak. You first must look up you local codes to see how many vent stacks your size of pipe is permitted to have. Then instead of running the plumbing through the studs you run…
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Combo Inspections and Common Since
As you are building your projects there are observations you make that the people working on the plans could not obtain from their offices. These observations are discovered because of your presences at the projects location and are not an oversight or lack of understanding by the plan’s developers. When you discover them contact…
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Getting The Right Materials May Take Some Effort
After finishing the grout and polishing the grout on the newly tiled bathroom walls I like to grout the corners in. To do so I went to the local DIY centers. Yes, I went to both of them to look for grey grout for my corners. Not finding the gray kitchen and bath gray…
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Joisting The Unit
(Ceiling joist) Over the years I have witnessed many different styles to joist a unit. Though many of these methods will pass inspection they don’t contribute to the ease of dry-walling the ceiling. The first thing I do is spread out the lumber and then I add the blocking. When this lumber is spread, it…
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Having one of those Days
It appeared to be a normal day as I headed out the door, but that would soon change. Upon arriving at the project sight, I discovered that there were missing studs for the last half of the wall framing. I laid out my plates and counted the studs needed to finish that task and…
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