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• Posted in thread: Renovating basement, not sure if I should change insulation.... on 09-23-2010 at 08:50 PM
  Thanks for the info. I will probably rip everything out and install the foam boards with the
  studs in front. Metal or wood studs? What R-value for the insulation should I get or what
  thickness? Do the...

• Posted in thread: Renovating basement, not sure if I should change insulation.... on 09-21-2010 at 07:49 PM
  Thanks for replying, Hube, I live on Long Island. Right now there is Owens Corning R-11
  fiberglass insulation, 3.5". The wood studs were put up about 1 or 2 inches away from the wall.
  I did say there ...

• Posted in thread: Renovating basement, not sure if I should change insulation.... on 09-09-2010 at 09:17 PM
  I'm going to renovate my basement, currently there is paneling on the walls, with wood studs
  and fiberglass insulation. It's pretty old and according to the previous homeowner and
  inspector, there is ...

• Posted in thread: Repairing holes in plaster walls on 07-26-2010 at 06:58 PM
  I had someone try and unfortunately I wasn't there when he did it. He told me he mixed spackle
  and plaster but after a day or 2 it was cracking all over the place and after 3 or 4 days it
  was still we...

• Posted in thread: Ideas for opening in living room.... on 07-23-2010 at 08:52 PM
  It's a small wall that makes a short hallway connecting to the kitchen. The opening is about
  4'x3' about 40" off the ground that opens up the living room to the hallway and unfortunately
  you can see p...

• Posted in thread: Low water pressure in outside hose..... on 07-18-2010 at 07:50 PM
  I have 2 spigots with garden hoses, one in front and one in back of my house. The one in the
  back works fine, has good water pressure, but the one in the front has weak pressure. I tried
  the same spri...

• Posted in thread: Ideas for opening in living room.... on 07-18-2010 at 07:41 PM
  I just purchased a house and a 6 or 7 foot long wall in my living room has about a 4' x 3'
  opening in it. Unfortunately, as soon as you walk into the house this opening is straight ahead
  and you can s...

• Posted in thread: Gas furnace in the attic? on 07-06-2010 at 07:52 PM
  I have a 75,000 BTU gas furnace which heats the lower floor of my 1400 sq.ft. house through
  forced hot air ducts. The upstairs has electric heat which I'm getting rid of. I wanted to run
  ductwork upst...

• Posted in thread: Gas furnace in attic? on 07-06-2010 at 07:50 PM
  I have a 75,000 BTU gas furnace which heats the lower floor of my 1400 sq.ft. house through
  forced hot air ducts. The upstairs has electric heat which I'm getting rid of. I wanted to run
  ductwork upst...

• Posted in thread: Repairing wood floors after moving hot air register on 06-12-2010 at 09:07 PM
  Thinking of taking down a small wall which protrudes from the middle of one wall and ends in
  the middle of the room. There is a hot air register in the floor right where that wall ends so
  if I take do...