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Hi, I have an old-old cabin in the sierra mountains of California which is in need of some TLC. I am planning on replacing the siding but not sure what to replace it with. It is at 7200 feet and could be covered with snow in the winter. After a quick look around at Home Depot, I got a...

I might have bitten off more than I can chew with this pull but here is what I've got. I'm trying to pull 360 feet of 3-1/0 and one #6 ground wire through 1 1/2 inch of buried conduit. There are 2 soft 90's and 2 -45's angles in the line. With a friend helping we got about 25 feet into the...

Need some expert help here mates, a friend got this bid for his workshop and wanted me to decipher it for him so that he could decide what he was getting was what he wanted from the contractor. Framing to sheeting Slab on grade daylight 6/12-pitch truss roof 12’ plate heights...

Hi guys, I would like to make shutters for a winter cabin, I've attached a pic of the window in question. Originally it had one large piece of reinforced plywood that hung from 2 hooks and had twist locks on the sides and bottom to keep it from swinging. However it is just too heavy for me...

Hi, I would like to improve the looks of the fireplace in my cabin the mortar is falling out and the rocks are smoke damaged, I have tried cleaning the rocks but it didn't do a very good job. What I would like to do is to remove the mortar, get rid of those metal ventilators in the corner...

Hi all, I am thinking about replacing the siding around the deck of a cabin with Hardie panels and would like to get some feel for what it entails. I haven't used it before so can it be cut and nailed just like regular wood or is predrilling required and do I need a special saw to cut it...

Just got a cabin in the Sierra's in CA at around 6300 ft and want to insulate the underside of it. I've never tackled anything like this before so I would appreciate any help I can get. I can't get up there just yet because of the snow so I don't have any exact measurements. I've added a...