Recent content by Msupsic

Thanks for giving me a name to work with! I looked up Celotex. I'm also tearing out some walls and apparently they're all Celotex fiberboard covered in plaster. This would be in keeping with the era and construction of the house. The original plank subfloor is directly beneath it and there are...

The subfloor is right below it. Old hardwood planks. I'm putting "Luxury Vinyl" over top. Which is only 8mm thick so it's going to cause a slight step down from the hardwood in the dining room. I was thinking about putting down 1/8" plywood or maybe even cork underlayment to bring it up flush...

I'm in the process of doing a kitchen remodel on our 1946 contemporary style home. Removed the (relatively new) tile flooring and cement underlayment and found this old flooring underneath. It's very thin, and in places where there was a nail or screw, the surface material breaks off almost like...

I'm thinking old-school torch-down, if done properly, will outlast the rubber product. What's your opinion?

Hello. We've got a 75 year-old flat-roof home in PA that is need of a new roof. Trying to figure out the best approach. The roof was last done ten years ago, the roofing contractor used Certainteed stick-down (adhesive) modified bitumen. The product is starting to fail in some places, the...

Don't know what kind of glue, probably construction adhesive. From the very first pic I posted you can see it's peanut-butter colored. I took a pic that shows me where the studs are, before he put up the cement backer. I think I'm going to drill through to the studs, and use two angle brackets...

Good idea... but unfortunately the inside of the cabinet is a mirror, too. DOH!! I thought about maybe some hangars from the top and bolts through the top of the medicine cabinet. I took photos of the job when I was doing the demo, so I can probably use some simple calculations to locate where...

The wall cavity isn't deep enough to sink it fully. We decided to hang it instead. For what it's worth, the stack is not behind the mirror, it's off to the right of the mirror. But, no matter, he still should have used the brackets.

Well, considering the mirror came with the brackets, one would assume they were essential... I expressed my concern as he was doing this. He said, "I guarantee all of my work." It was a pretty passive way of saying, "call me if/when if fails, until then, this is how I'm doing it." Not sure if I...

Glued it to the tile... metal box. Hence my concern.

Last year, we remodeled our master bath. The job took longer than the contractor anticipated, and he started to get antsy and cut corners so he could finish the job. When he installed our medicine cabinet (see attached photos), he simply put the metal brackets aside and decided to glue the unit...

I'll have to look at the contract, but I do remember he verbally told me he guarantees all of his work.

I guess that's what I'm debating. It's been a year since this was done. Am I still within my right to call him up and ask him to fix it, or is this one of those things that "just happens?"

Last year we had our bathroom redone. At first I was happy with the finished job, but after a year of use, certain areas of the project are starting to show some signs of premature wear and tear. I'm wondering if it's the product (sanded caulk) or was it shoddy work by the contractor? As you...

Thanks, Neal. Where does the vapor barrier go in the layers? Against the cinder block, stapled to the studs, outside of studs?