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I know this isn't rocket science but how do you replace the door strip in this picture? Does is just snap in or does the whole molding that's holding it need to be replaced? I have tried to look for this at a local lumber yard but can't find anything that looks right. Does anyone know where...

OK, I've heard so much about bamboo, both good and bad. I've done some research but the more I learn, the harder it is to make a decision. The good: Strand bamboo is harder to scratch and slightly more water resistant than hard wood The bad: Gives off some type of fume and could...

Hello, OK, we are in the middle of a kitchen remodel. I have a contractor who is telling me that we should hang the cabinets 2" lower than normal because my wife is short. He says that he does this sort of thing all the time. But then the kitchen design guy is telling me not to do that due to...

Hello, My wife and I are in the middle of remodeling our kitchen. We took out a fairly large baseboard heating unit (Something like 28"h x 48"w x 14"deep) That was the only thing heating that entire room, which is actually kitchen and dining room combined. So the kitchen got a little cold in...

Hello, My wife and I are in the middle of a kitchen remodel (this one is stressing me out big time). Anyway, the floor joists for the second floor are only 5.5" deep, add to that another .75" for 1x boards and I only have about 6.25" of space for can lights. Do they make can lights that will...

So, we own an old home with a stone foundation and we have a musty, earthy smell in the basement and parts of the first floor. It feels and smells damp down there. I wonder if pouring an 8 inch inner "foundation" over the stone foundation would solve some of these problems. Also, could...

Hello, I own an old house with a stone foundation. The basement has a damp, earthy smell and sand (maybe degraded mortar) falls through the cracks. Someone suggested having a company come in and line it with spray foam insulation. I have done a little research and there is one school of...

Hello, We are gearing up to tear our old kitchen out and put in new everything. Someone mentioned accent lighting under and possibly on top of the upper cabinets. I don't know what kind of lights to use (led, strip, etc) or how to wire the walls ahead of the sheetrock going on. Do you need a...

Hello, I am getting ready to install a Nantucket Beadboard product on our walls. This stuff is 3/8" thick, it is actually a v-groove 6" apart, 4x8 sheets. I have never used this stuff before so I am wondering about the seams. It would be nice if it had a toungue and groove on the edges of the...

Hello, I asked a question on this forum a few weeks ago about how to fix a hump in the floor. A few guys here told me to remove the 1x boards in the problem area and sister 2x6's onto the existing floor joists and then continue with my 1/2 plywood subfloor. I am in the process of doing that but...

Hello, I am in the middle of a bedroom remodel. The subfloor is old 1x boards and they have gaps between them anywhere from 1/8 to 3/8. I am currently laying down 1/2" plywood over the existing 1x boards, glueing and screwing the hell out of it. The problem is that you can feel a hump down...

Hello, I am preparing to put some tongue and groove on the walls of one of our rooms and I have a few quetions, if anyone can help. First of all, our old house has 1x boards over the wall studs running horizontally, spaced about 8 or 10 inches apart. I am thinking about using 6" wide x 8ft...

Hello, My wife and I are talking about remodeling some of our rooms with painted tongue and groove. I don't really want to use 1" thick stuff. Do they make 1/2' tongue and groove?

Hello, I am thinking about getting an air nailer (compressor and finish nailer to start). I am wondering what people suggest for brand, size, oil vs oiless, etc. I would be using this mostly for finish stuff but I guess it would be nice to have a framing nailer as well but I'm not sure how...

Hello, We are in the process of remodeling our 1930s house. I am planning on tearing out some sheetrock and firring (or is it furring) the studs in about 3 inches, they are only about 2.5 inches right now. Yes you heard that right, 2.5 inches on an exterior wall. Not a lot of insulation...

Hello, I made a small mistake. I am laying 1/2 inch sub floor down over existing boards, gluing and screwing. On one of the sheets I followed the wall in our old house. So now I have a gap between that sheet of plywood and the next row. The gap goes from 0 to about 1/2 inch in 6 or 8 feet...

Hello, We are in the process of remodeling our kitchen. We are taking a short section of wall out, maybe 8 feet. U want to put a supporting beam in its place. It needs to be rugged but it will also be exposed. I am not sure what how to do this and make it look good. Should I use 2 x 8 and...

Hello, We are considering installing 5/8 bamboo flooring on the second story of our house. I believe it's 2.5 to 3 inch width (can't remeber for sure). This is an older house so the floor sags a bit. Can I still use this type of flooring?

Hello, I am helping a friend with his bathroom floor. They had a leak, he cut out a 2-foot square section of the plywood, we patched it back in but the old and new plywood does not match up perfectly. In some spots the new plywood is too low. The flooring they are going to install is this...

Hello again, I don't want to tear the ceiling out of this room, there is blown-in insulation in the attic. Can I just sheetrock right over the old sheetrock? I don't want to use strapping, I don't want the ceiling any lower than it is.