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    judging roof truss strength

    So I tore my brick flu down on the weekend. It was in bad shape, so I have not burned wood for a couple of years. It ran up through the center of the house, and had started to leak, so I finally had to get off my keaster and get it done. While on the roof I became alarmed at how bad my shingles...
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    Sister Act

    One of the many to do list things here is to beef up my floor joists. My house was built in 74. It's 24 x 48. There were a lot of sins committed when they built her, just one surprise after another. The floor joists are 14 foot 2x8s at 15 inch centers. I have always a bounce, but the other day...
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    Moisture

    I have a home that was built in 1974. I removed the old cladboards, and found the house sheathed in dynaconda, or tentest, or whatever you want to call it . On the east facing gable end of the house, I removed the tentest, and replaced it with plywood. A carpenter told me not to bother pealing...
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