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I am enclosing an existing garage door opening to make it a wall with a window in it. I know how to frame it out, and I know that the exterior side of the wall will be finished with "carsiding" (tongue and groove) to match some other wood on the garage. Do I put something (plywood? OSB?) on the...

I am planning to enclose a portion of my concrete-block garage as a studio, and I need to be able to keep the temperature inside the room around 45-50 degrees during the winter (central Illinois). Assuming I insulate it really well, does anyone have any idea of the best way to heat this space...

We need to replace our old galvinized plumbing and I've heard some stuff about Pex. Has anyone here used it? Is it better/worse than other options? Easier/harder to work with? Cheaper or more expensive? Any info/opinions would be most appreciated. Thanks!

Since my poor old house is non-repairable, we're going to have to build new....looking at a Morton Building shell that we would finish interior. SO how do we decide on a foundation? We want as inexpensive as possible, but still good as far as energy efficient and ease of future repairs, etc...

Since we've come to the sad decision that no amount of home improvement will fix our poor old saggy foundation-less home, we need to explore other options. Theoretically, we could/can live in this house for a few more years but it has major structural issues and ancient plumbing, etc. that will...

Hi! My name is Debra, and I absolutely love this forum. I've been reading it for the past three days, because I keep finding topics that apply to my situation. My husband (Mike) and I recently relocated to central Illinois (Champaign) after living in Florida for the past 13 years. Seems silly...