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Hi, getting my bedroom floor redone. The guy said he was gonna spread oil based coat on bottom, then apply Bona Mega, then Bona Traffic on top. Does this sound right?

Hi, i have an older maybe 60 yr. old custom cape cod with big dormer. Above the dormer the roofing material started to blow away last night after heavy winds. My father in law called the material cold roll or something like that. It looks like wide, maybe 3 or 4 ft. heavy roofing rolls layed...

Hi again, sorry to be a pain. Looks like my door frame wasn't centered correctly and now when i put the trim on there is a 1/4" gap on one side. It is about the top 1/3 of the door and slowly tapers to flush in the middle. Here is a pic. to show you. What can i do about this? Just caulk?

Hi, i have an interior opening of about 47 1/8" with the frame, and 48 3/4" taking the frame out. There used to be 2 slider doors there. The guy that was doing work suggested a 48" double door for this opening, but i don't know. Is this a good spot for a double door or should i go with a big...

Hi, i need about 450 sq. ft. blown in between my studs from inside. I saw at HD and Lowes you can rent a machine for blowing in celluose. What about doing the same with fiberglass? What is involved? I am thinking about just buying a hole saw and going at it. Seems HD and Lowes don't sell the...

cellulose or blown in fiberglass? I have about 320 sq. ft. i need blown in between studs. 1 guy uses certainteed SP for $580? Or cellulose for $800? I heard cellulose will mold??? Fiberglass is a proven insulation, need an expert opinion. What kind of fiberglass is the best to use?

Hi, i have a small bathroom, probably about 100 sq ft. that sits right above my oil burner. My house has baseboard heat. I am thinking hydronic is the way to go because of this. I can do plumbing and am pretty handy, but never did it before. What is the easiest and most efficient way to do...

Hi, before i remodeled my bathroom i was getting mold or mildew on the ceiling because of all the moisture. I do have a 70 cfm exhaust and the room is about 65 sq. ft. with 8 ft. ceiling. However i did use very cheap paint in the bathroom 10 yrs. ago. Just finished completely remodeling the...

Hi, well took the home depot surround back, had my contractor over and he said it will leak. The old tile was put up with mastic or some sort of adhesive, that was why i was having problems. I called him up after i started removing the old tile and discovered a wet subfloor and ants. He...

Hi again, well i bought a 3 pc. surround today from Home Depot, nice one for $209. I started taking everything down, my shower door, fixtures, when i tried to take down my soap dish (the kind that is recessed in the tile) i noticed a lot of very loose tile. So i said no biggie i will take down...

Does anyone know if i can put a wall tub surround over ceramic tile? The tiles are in descent shape.

Hi, out front of my house i have a step with hug 1" crack in it all the way around. I think the pad in front of it sunk and took bottom of the step with it. I bought some of that "big stuff" insulation expanding filler yesterday to fill the crack. Will this work for a quick fix? Any other...

Hi, owned this house for about 10 yrs. now. The upstairs bathroom shower/tub is always leaking. It will leak, then not leak for 2 months, then all of a sudden leak again. Well now i have a bad leak in the corner of my tub/shower , which is tiled with sliding door on outside. I removed access...