Category: Carpentry
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How To Fix A Hole In Your Ceiling Drywall
This guy is asking me about how to repair a hole in his drywall ceiling. It seems that he was up in the attic trying to fix some electrical problems and lost his balance and put his foot through the ceiling. From first glance you might not think this is a bad situation but it…
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How To Repair Someones Failed Attempt At A Garage Door Install
Ok, so this is a pretty bad project but a guy was asking what he could do to seal a garage floor that was extending past the opening of the garage door. At first glance I thought ok someone decided that they wanted to install a wood floor in their garage and maybe it is…
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How To Hang Drywall
This is going to be a quick how to on how to hang drywall and what the choices mean between hanging it vertical or horizontal on walls and using screws or nails. There are a few times in a homes life that might require hanging new drywall. The first is during initial construction when the…
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How to clean mold fungus and dirt from your exterior vinyl siding
If you own a home with vinyl siding the maintenance factors are pretty low in comparison to other options like brick, stone and light weight artificial stone products. Vinyl is produced to last your home about 30 years give or take and the amount of time that it will last depends on how well you…
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Performance Considerations of OSB Vs Plywood in Residential Roof Construction
When building or buying a home you want to make sure that you understand the materials used in its construction, the construction methods used for those materials and how this relates to the quality of the resulting project and your overall safety. For this reason there has been a number of research labs that have…