Recent content by turbomangt

Not sure I understand Isola's comment so for the record here is what I have under the floor. currently have carpet, subfloor consists of 3/4 chip board (USB I think its called,) on top of that I have 5/8" particle board, the particle board is coming out and being replaced with 5/8" plywood, My...

OK, I'm putting in a wood floor (3/4" pre finished Birch) in my dinning room, I have heard its best to install the wood in the opposite direction of the joists under the floor. However we have two other rooms where the wood it going in the same direction of the joists, and after 20 years, never...

I know about all the negative feedback on iko, law suits etc, does anyone have any positive feedback? I know you can dig up trash on any company, however my roofer 3 weeks ago offered me GAF or IKO. HE was offering IKO a few hundred dollars less, and said they were a reputable company so I went...

Thank so much . I hired I contractor to do the work, sorry I didn;t make that clear, same guy that recommended IKO on my roof, now that its installed I heard about all the law suits against them...go figure....

I ordered Hardy Board (pre finished) for my house, what should know about this product, I understand the install requires some real technical skill. checked other sources on line, and read some things that concern me. did I make a bad choice? Our current siding cedar is cracking spilitng and...