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    Removing glued down hardwood from concrete slab

    Hello, Currently trying to remove 30 year old hardwood flooring that is glued to the concrete slab, but finding it to be a pain in :eek: to get up. Got a couple pieces with prybar and hammer, then rented a big demolition hammer with a 6 inch scrapper blade (got up about 200 sq. foot before my...
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    Living Room Remodel - Header/Framing Question

    I am remodeling the living room, getting rid of that early 80's oak paneling and the rails above the half wall. Started taking down the paneling tonight to see what the load bearing header looked like, not knowing if it would be one long solid header or if it would be 3 separate ones. As you...
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    Fireplace question - attaching framing/sheetrock

    We've got a house that was built in 1983, looks like a metal insert in the fireplace, and it has gas logs in there currently. There are three tubes at the top of the insert that the heat goes past which supply heat out the front of the vents above the fireplace. Looking up in the opening, I...
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    Hallway header options where door is

    So there is a door in our hallway, and another opening down further. I looked in the attic and the rafters run parallel to the header in the picture below. The room to the right has nothing on the opposite wall, the room to the left has a wall that lines up with this header. Wife wants this...
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    Hall Way Door - Is this load bearing?

    Hello, I'm in the process of getting rid of the wood trim on the lower half of our hallway, and I'm at a point where I reached a door jam that is in an odd place in the hall. Wife doesn't really want a door here, would prefer the hallway to continue with out the step in for the door jam/door...
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