Recent content by brokenthumb

So I tore my brick flu down on the weekend. It was in bad shape, so I have not burned wood for a couple of years. It ran up through the center of the house, and had started to leak, so I finally had to get off my keaster and get it done. While on the roof I became alarmed at how bad my shingles...

Thanks for the prompt responses. I have been gradually replacing the aluminum wiring as I have been doing rooms over. I don't run the new wire runs through the holes in the joists, I prefer to fasten them to the bottom of the joists instead. The plumbing however.....instead of running the pipes...

One of the many to do list things here is to beef up my floor joists. My house was built in 74. It's 24 x 48. There were a lot of sins committed when they built her, just one surprise after another. The floor joists are 14 foot 2x8s at 15 inch centers. I have always a bounce, but the other day...

Thanks... As I said, this is the only wall that is doing this. The other 3 walls have drywall, vapour barrier, fiberglass pink, tentest, or dynaconda, or a black tarboard..everyone has a different name for it. Then plywood, fanfold. then siding. The problem wall is only missing the tentest. The...

We have been having pretty massive temperature swings this winter. Yesterday was -27C, and today was -3, and tonight is -20 again. The insulation was just thrown in place before, lots of air gaps, and no inside plastic. Took great care with the insulating. No gaps, not too tight, and wire...

I have a home that was built in 1974. I removed the old cladboards, and found the house sheathed in dynaconda, or tentest, or whatever you want to call it . On the east facing gable end of the house, I removed the tentest, and replaced it with plywood. A carpenter told me not to bother pealing...