Category: Carpentry
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Making A Concrete Pad For Porch Steps
When you are building your porch or deck one of the last things you will need to do is build your steps. You have many choices you can attach your step stringers to your rim joist of the deck with a header and then use a ground contact rated pressure treated footer at the bottom…
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Repairing a lose board on your deck
Sometimes when you build with pressure treated lumber it will shrink more then expected this is the problem with one of or deck boards. Although replacing the whole piece is an option once you have stained your deck a few times and it has weathered for a season installing a fresh board will mean a mismatch in…
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Steel Beams in Commercial Construction
Here we will take a quick look at how steel beams can be used in commercial construction to extend the span between the outside walls of a building. Commercial Construction is often very different then residential construction. First many of the loads are different since the buildings are often taller and larger. For the most…
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Sealing your house with Tyvek
Sealing the house with Tyvek Tyvek House Wrap is a pretty expensive product but because it comes in larger sizes it is many times easier to install then tar paper and will give your home a lasting base for keeping out the weather and wind. To apply Tyvek you need to wrap the entire home. This…
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Millwork & Moldings Manufacturers
Millwork & Moldings Algonquin Wood Mouldings http://www.algonquinmoulding.com/ 14353, Cure Labelle St. Janvier, PQ J7J 1M2 CAN V: 450-435-1320 Architectural Ornament Inc. http://www.architectural-ornament.com/ 55 Bradwick Drive Concord, ON L4K 1K5 CAN V: 905-738-9459 AZEK Trimboards http://www.azek.com/ 801 Corey St. Scranton, PA 18505 V: 570-346-8254 Century Architectural Specialties http://www.architecturalspecialties.com/ 2197 Canton Rd. Suite 108 Marietta, GA 30066-7303…