Recent content by daleslad

I think you are right unfortunately I do not have any help and I'm reluctant to do the Hardie board by myself because of the weight. I might just have to suck it up and get the wood panels at $34 each..

Does vinyl come in 4x8 sheets

thanks but I'm afraid that wouldn't be an option in my situation.

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...

Thanks for the help guys, got it pulled in now with the help of a chugger. Sorry couldn't reply earlier but my hard drive took a dive.

Thanks for the info on the chugger. the conduit is 1 1/2 inch pvc

Thanks guys, I'm not sure how to calculate those dimensions edlank, so I'd be grateful kok328 if you would check it out on your chart for me. I was using the string that the Home Depot guy said would be ok to use it had a 250 lb. pulling strength, he also ok'd the size of the conduit for the...

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...

Thanks GBR, that helped a lot. I will pass on the advice about checking out the rest of the stuff that should be covered.

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...

Thanks handyguys for the suggestions but I think that kind of panelling is a bit out of my league. Love those New York hinges though but at $40 a set a little too steep I'm afraid. I'm looking for a more simple approach, and not really for looks but more functional to keep the snow off the...

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...

I guess that could be the case Daryl but I'm not sure just how it was constructed until I can take one of the rocks out. I was thinking (hoping) that the inside of the chimney would have been constructed with regular fire bricks and that the rocks were just a fascia. Just looking at the rocks...

Well thanks guys for the advice , not what I wanted to hear though. It raises a whole bunch more questions. I did use the special cleaning stuff for smoke damaged bricks and it did remove a lot of the damage but I couldn't budge what you see left there. I'm curious though as to why I can't...

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...