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Aureli, I was unfamiliar with the name 'Calcimine', so looked it up. As far as a description goes, it is a chalk, glue, and water coating that was used to paint over plaster. It says that it is indeed very difficult to paint over, and that removing it is a problem. However, it does not mention...

hartzog86- I have to say that that is one of the strangest set of occurrences I've heard yet. I wonder what the probabilities are on your string of conditions and failures would be? I used to work on a set of late 70's condos that had electric radiant heat such as you described in all the...

As suggested by 'neal' and 'ma', the stud is at that particular location for a reason. You may well have a rafter sitting right above that stud, and if the stud was cut out, the weight of the roof structure that it was supporting would, with time, deform the top plate of the wall and a resulting...

Check as JPLSTER (is that Jet Propulsion Lab?) and joecaption suggest. It would take a significant amount of condensation in order to cause the damage that's seen in your photo. The question that follows that would have to be-Why, if the damage is caused by condensation, are there no other...

trnt- I am a licensed General Contractor in California. I'm wondering about some of the things you've listed. #1) you say the beams are cantilevered. You mean extended out over the foundation wall below? and the house walls are sitting outside the foundation? Balloon framing is quite...

dfielding, A rule of thumb for attic ventilation is 1/150 of the square footage of the attic. Assuming a 2000 sf attic, then you would need 13.4 sf of ventilation total- both intake and exhaust. Adding a power ventilator would pull air from inside the house if you do not have enough intake...

Those blue plastic pipes look like PEX water lines. What is directly above the pipes? A bathroom or kitchen nearby. You could have a leaking connection to a fixture somewhere above the basement that is following the pipes down and where the pipes turn horizontal, the water then drips off. Go...

Friends, I am a General Contractor in California with 30 years experience in home remodeling and construction. My logo is " We don't do normal". If I can be of any help to anyone, I'll be happy to try to help and answer questions. I like to 'pay it forward'. :)