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• Posted in thread: Granite Installed - Possible Issue? on 05-17-2013 at 01:05 PM
  I’m not a contractor and I respect those of you that are because I know how many of this
  type issues come up on projects. As a DIYer I can make the judgment call and say good enough.
  People do h...

• Posted in thread: Granite Installed - Possible Issue? on 05-17-2013 at 11:05 AM
  Yep I see it now. I think I have been looking at too many tapered shims the last few days and
  I’m seeing them where they are not. I think the OP has a legitimate complaint about the
  install the ...

• Posted in thread: sheetrock and plaster question on 05-17-2013 at 10:52 AM
  I guess if you are going to use one then the butt board would be the one to use. I understand
  the concept but it seems if the framing is correct and the seams are falling on structure you
  would have t...

• Posted in thread: sheetrock and plaster question on 05-17-2013 at 06:04 AM
  I personally don’t like seeing a sheet end not on structure. I have seen it done
  though.I’m in the process right now of getting my kitchen ready for drywall and it being
  a 100 year old hou...

• Posted in thread: Granite Installed - Possible Issue? on 05-17-2013 at 04:45 AM
  Looks like a tapered builders shim to me.

• Posted in thread: Help wire running wire thru Attic.... on 05-14-2013 at 05:21 AM
  

• Posted in thread: Painting design on concrete patio on 05-08-2013 at 04:45 AM
  I don’t know much about decorative painting of concrete, but I do know around here the
  graffiti sticks to walls and bridges for years and the city has a heck of a time getting it
  off. I’m ...

• Posted in thread: Chimney Cap/Damper Options? on 05-07-2013 at 10:42 AM
  Yes some of the copper ones look quite attractive. Chances are you are looking for a custom
  built unit and will need someone to get up there and measure your chimney first and then go up
  and install i...

• Posted in thread: Building a Time Machine on 05-07-2013 at 10:21 AM
  Be careful you get the polarity correct. If not you will only be able to go one direction.
  That’s what happened to me. I wired mine wrong and went into the future 57 years before I
  knew what hap...

• Posted in thread: Older home with updates. Is it worth buying?? on 05-07-2013 at 05:44 AM
  We recently bought very much the same house you described. We closed on the house two weeks
  ago. 100 plus years old with great bones. It also had all the HUD work done with a new 200 amp
  service, sidi...