Recent content by Ducttapeman

sounds like everyone had some good tips. i believe a grey primer is recommended for darker finish colors,

Not sure about the block cutting, as that construction is something I have not had the pleasure to work on. One thing I would like to mention is that a fire rated door is required for that application. Or, at least it is in our area. Have to contact building department. You may already have...

Long story short, the house was sold as is. She dropped the price a bit to make it work, which I thought was a mistake, but oh well. The actual furnace is not a high efficiency model, but does have the AFUE rating of 80%, which I guess makes it a candidate for the chimney liner. Some handy...

i was in a rental at one time. Moved in during the summer, then fall came, and BOOM!!!! Same as you describe, but with a natural gas forced air furnace. Flames were shooting out of the front of the unit and caused me great concern. Turns out there were three baffles in the combustion chamber...

definitely call the city's building department and report these problems. the dwelling should be up to date on all codes, and if not, the owner would have to pay for correcting any issues. call today!! Just noticed the date on this post is a bit old. I hope she found some help.

Rip up the sub floor and replace it with the same thickness plywood for a smooth finish. Or just put down luan as long as the height of the new floor is going to be acceptable with the added thickness. or, heat gun, heavy scraper and a lot of elbow grease.

don't mean to hijack your post, but i have the same issue with our cabinets on a 58 house. it was redone with new cabinets years ago. maybe 20% of the drawers/doors are in need of refinishing they are the particle(boise) board bodies, with the face frame and raised panel doors of solid oak...

Hi all, sister selling house and inspection showed she needs a chimney liner for her furnace. It was swapped out a few years ago, and is apparently a high efficiency model, and the liner was not installed. I will be doing the install, and am curious of a few things. Is there a particular...

Hi all, my sister is selling her 1960's style brick ranch. She had an offer rather quickly which is a pleasant suprise in our area right now. Inspection showed a couple minor problems, one of them being that the service panel had some breakers that were wired incorrectly, resulting in...