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A friend of mine used an air impact driver/drill on lag bolts underwater to brace a dock. Air nail gun is open for exhaust on top so may suck water on recoil. I’m not trying my $299 framing gun underwater.

It appears that you are working with a porch that has been closed in and the original porch floor is the subfloor sticking out under the door sill. The rotted wood below the area will need to be cut out and replaced. Do you have access to the area below the porch? If not you will need to pull...

They make different and better grades of polycarbonate panels now that would allow light in and last longer then your original panels. The galv. panels would cut out all the light from above and would be harder to install.

I would recommend going to a roofing/vinyl siding/window supplier that sells to contractors and order vinyl slider replacement windows. They can be made to any size and should be made 1/4" less than actual opening. They would be screwed through the side jambs into a wood frame. As Nealtw...

I would have the company pull up the boards over the beam area and install the proper flashing to direct water to either side, similar to Joe's recomendation. The caulking in the joints between the boards will not solve the problem very long. I'm not sure if they used vinyl gutter, but...

What you are looking for is a9"x6" glass insert or door lite for a steel door. It comes as a unit--outside plastic frame sealed to the glass and then an inside plastic frame screwed into the outside frame. There are a number of different manufacturers and each had a slightly different profile...

Vikasinti, I like to use the 8d CC coated nails as they have a little bit of "glue" coating which helps hold them in the wood. For the T-111 siding you would be better using the galvanized nail as the head exposed to weather will rust on the regular nail and streak down the siding. It would...

SPL, I would recommend checking with the manufacturer of the new floor material for installation instructions. Improper installation may void any warranty on the materials. In the meantime I found the following website that has a lot of useful information. The section on subfloor preparation...

I would suggest that you attach the decking material to sleeper strips that are just laid on top of your mineral surface material, because you don't want to have any holes in this material. You should have built an incline into the framing & OSB to allow any water to run off, otherwise water...

The cracked liner is unsafe to use! The steel liners will make the flue opening smaller if they just insert them in the existing liner. The better repair method would be to remove the existing tile liner and then install the steel liner and pour a special mixture around the liner. Did you...

The main support of a Bow Window is through the mull posts between each of the individual windows that make up the unit. The seat board really only finishes off the inside of the bottom. Adding the boards underneath are just to close off the gap between the concrete sill and the seat board...