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This is a totally different issue than the previous one (that caused all the ruckus but appears to have ended up ok thanks to you guys' decent attitudes - I was impressed). A friend of mine has a friend who's lightbulb goes pop and burns out two days after putting it into the socket. I just...

Hi, Here's the situation: Customer wants me to enlarge the door of a closet to make it a kind of open alcove thing and build a sort of desk in there. They want a new electrical outlet on the wall under the desk to plug in their computer. The only problem is there isn't any junction box nearby...

This is the same hosue as the other post right before this, but a different question. They want some new posts put in to support the stairs going down to the basement. Its a sump pump type deal in the basement. I figured i'd just get some p.t. 4x4 posts and put them in concrete footings on...

Hi I'm about to do a ceramic tile job. For some reason ceramic tile is an area I never did get much experience in. I'd like to do it right. I have a basic understanding just from being a handyman and carpenter and from some books, but I still have a few questions. First off, one of...

I'm painting some basement panneling. it already has paint on it. The woman I'm doing the work for says that it was already primed. Would I put new primer on it if I repaint it or just paint it with regular interior paint?

Hi I'm doing some work for a woman whose basement floor is covered with old dried up adhesive, I guess from carpeting that she had. Her basement flooded and she had to get rid of the carpet. Now she wants to do something with the floor to make it look decent. She probably doesnt want to put...

Hi I was just about to buy the "contractors pricing guide - residential detailed costs" at home depot and then my truck broke down. I have a job coming up where the customer wants all kinds of things done mostly in a basement - taking down wall paneling and putting new paneling or...