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So while having dinner at my mother's house today, I noticed two small cracks and what appear to be small water stain on her living room ceiling. It was right below the bathroom. So after some investigation. it appear that at the corner where the tub met a wall, the subfloor (an area of maybe...

So a small section of siding trim (which is very close to the window) has rotted. I have chiseled and sawed away the rotted wood. Photos of the rot after some sawing and chiseling: http://imgur.com/a/bR5de/layout/grid So now I'm looking to fix this before winter hits. I'm located in Eastern...

Hello. After two days of hardwork, I completed sanding the hardwood floor with the a rented U-Sand. Going to apply the Minwax water based oil modified finish. Not going to stain. However, before I begin I have two questions which I'm still not very sure about. 1. There are some small spots...

Hello. I recently purchased a house and ripped out all the carpets (so I can refinish the hardwood floor underneath). I noticed is that the gaps underneath the Baseboard for two walls are fairly big. The biggest spots are 1/2 inch to 11/16th of an inch. While the quarter mould would cover...

Hello. Need some advice in this area. I was installing a windows bracket and I accidentally drilled a small hole into the wood support behind the dry wall (above the first floor window and right below the ceiling ). No idea where the hole is located in relation to the supporting wood beam, but...

Hello, this thing in my basement started buzzing today and I couldn't figure out why it is doing it and what it is. It is located in my basement enclosed in a plastic cap, and as far as I can tell the buzzing is from the two black boxes from the side. It appears to have a switch in the switch...

Hello, just wondering if anyone can help me with this, here's the current situation. For my powder room, one switch is used to control both the fan and the lights. It is a simple two way switch. In the switch box, I have. 2 black wires joined together, the resulting single wire is connected to...

Hello, due to the previously leaking roof, there is a small area in my fascia that ended up going through some wet rot. As far as I can tell the new roof has fixed the dampness issue and the area is now very dry, and will stay that way for the foreseeable future. Now the problem is due to the...

Hello, recently I have just installed the new architectural shingles (40 years), and the contractor did not include drip edge. His reasoning was that since the shingle overhang is between 3/4th of an inch to 1.5 inches, and since my roof slope is fairly steep, a drip edge is not really...