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• Posted in thread: Red or White Oak on 04-29-2013 at 08:21 PM
  Thanks for the suggestion, that is the best site I've seen on the topic so far. I'm more
  convinced that this is white oak; however, since the local pro seemed convinced that it's red,
  I'd love to get ...

• Posted in thread: Red or White Oak on 04-28-2013 at 05:48 AM
  I'm about to put hardwood in my kitchen, and I'm planning to feather it into the existing
  hardwood that runs throughout the rest of my first floor. To my untrained eye, I thought it
  looked like #2 Whi...

• Posted in thread: 2'x2' Hole in basement floor, sewer line access? on 12-22-2012 at 04:40 PM
  Well I dug around a bit, and the perpendicular pipe does appear to be capped-off. I've also
  taken a couple of better shots of this possible check valve.I've attached a drawing of my
  basement layout, a...

• Posted in thread: 2'x2' Hole in basement floor, sewer line access? on 12-22-2012 at 10:36 AM
  So we've been in our new home for a few months now (built in 1950), and I've found that there
  is a 2'x2' hole in our basement floor, it was under a small pallet that neither we, nor our
  inspector look...

• Posted in thread: New Homeowner from Massachusetts on 12-22-2012 at 10:08 AM
  Hello Everyone,I bought my first house a few months ago, and I'm constantly finding new things
  to learn about. I'm an avid DIYer, and research anything and everything to figure out how it
  all works.My...