Recent content by guyod

That chart is way off for me. Most of PA is 36" or below. Chart say most of PA is 20"

That site does not say anything about a footer. I dont know what the frost line in louisiana is but 425ft of footer plus block to get up to grade will easily cost 10k-15k extra.

I dont see any obvious red flags. I would be surprised if there was a permit pulled and that it would pass inspection. But I dont see the structure falling down. As a neighbor I would be happy they are fixing the place up and hopefully it will look nice when done. Maybe offer to help clean up...

Keep in mind that since your old drive was heaving that means water was getting under driveway then freezing. Most french drain system do nothing in winter. If it was me I would install a french drain with a liner under it going up to a birm higher than driveway.

If it was a drain pipe with under 1 psi or water pipe up to 80 psi, would be the deciding factor here.

I made a curved front porch. I had some Composite fencing pickets laying around and used them for skirting. At only 1/2" thick they were pretty flexible but it should be warm outside or at least have them sitting in sun. Its been 2 years and it still looks perfect.

New tank cost $30 and its about $7 cheaper to refill taking account for lost propane around me. So If you have to exchange a tank instead of refill more than 4 times in 12 years it would balance out. A little less than I thought. So you would have to be a little picky when picking out your...

Refilling your tank is definitely cheaper. But throwing away your outdated tank and buying a new one is probably not cheaper. Cheaper to exchange the tank and hope you get one that has majority of the 12 or 10 years life left on tank. Or just be an annoying customer checking the dates on tanks...

You have to figure in the fact that tanks are only good for 12 years and refill station around me are getting more strict at looking on the date stamp on tank before they refill them. So when they are out of date people take a worthless tank to exchange place and get a good tank mostly filled...

A dollar saved is a dollar earned. With taxes more like $1.30. So Im all for what your doing. Your lucky there is no snow load. If you can walk on roof without alot of bounce i doubt it is in danger of falling down. I would start by removing anything that is not load bearing from old...

There is many ways to frame a bench seat.. Here is a pretty easy design Use furniture grade 3/4 plywood for sides attach a 2x4 every 24" oc. on top to support top. Just screw/nail through plywood and toe nail it into cleat against wall. Trim all edges with 1x3's for a finished...

As far as resale goes I dont think you can make this house buyable at least above land value without framing out a new roof. So if you planning on selling it ever be aware any money and effort you are putting into the interior you will probably not get back. So what Im say is refiance and go...

I little heat could help. You probably just need bigger wrenches though. If you have pipe dope i would use that. It is harder for a first timer to mess up. The tape takes a little skill. You have to put it on right direction pull it tight but not too tight. You have to put enough on but not...

use a pipe wrench /pliers on clamp on fitting and wrench on shut off to get off old shut off.

I would be more worried about replacing that clamp on gasket fitting than the valve. For Diyer you can use sharkbite fittings or compression shark bite