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Hi I have a project to install some French doors on the rear south side of my house overlooking the back yard and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions around my overall plan and also particularly on the kinds of joints I should use for the lumber. The house dates from about 1850 and...

Hi I live in Nova Scotia in a house built around 1850 and over the years there's been a fair bit of barbarity committed in terms of building maintenance and installation. One endemic problem has been a copper pipe that freezes. I'm attaching some pictures of the arrangement. This pipe runs...

Hi I'm new to the forum and hoping I can get some thoughts about a roof issue I have. I have an old house in Nova Scotia - about 150 years old - and made of pretty sturdy materials, I think cedar in many places. When I bought it, it was in solid but superficially rather neglected...