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Thanks for the replies. I am planning on building my own shower with a plywood subfloor over the concrete slab, then putting down tar paper, metal lath, mortar and the appropriate membranes as recommended in my Black & Decker book. I would then tile the base and the walls (over cementboard)...

Thanks for the reply. Any idea what constitutes this "sleave"? I looked around the forum and couldn't find the reference. Am I somehow wrapping the pipes in plastic? I'm not exactly sure how I would go about this. Anyone else know?

I am planning to build a shower in my downstairs bathroom (see first attached picture). The floor of the bathroom is built on a slab foundation. When I pulled out the old shower, it exposed the plumbing beneath (see second attached picture). As I hope you can see, there is a hole in the slab...

I am planning to build a shower in my downstairs bathroom (see first attached picture). The floor of the bathroom is built on a slab foundation. When I pulled out the old shower, it exposed the plumbing beneath (see second attached picture). As I hope you can see, there is a hole in the slab...

Finished the job late Saturday afternoon. I built the forms more or less as you recommended, although I decided not to use the PVC pipe, since I ended up pulling out the outer form to make it easier to pour in the concrete. I left the forms in place since I had to leave mid-day on Sunday...

Thanks for your reply, Square Eye. I wish I'd mentioned the fact that it does have a roof over the existing wall. This seems like it will substantially complicate things. Should I build the forms so they are a few inches below the roof, creating a wall that goes up most of the way? How...

My family owns property with a small house with water fed by a natural spring. The spring was protected about 30 years ago with a spring house made with concrete walls, probably about 2 inches thick. This year I discovered that one of the concrete walls has partially crumbled. leaving an...

I was able to complete the project before going on vacation last week! It took me a full two days of work to do it all. I built a temporary wall, cut through a portion of the siding, pulled out the old studs and cut the sole plates. Then I replaced the sole plates with pressure treated 2x4's...

Yikes! I just started to pull away the siding from the outside corner there and I discovered that the corner post is nothing more than a 2x4. I was expecting it to be at least a 4x4. As expected that corner post is completely water damaged and needs to be replaced. What should I replace it...

Thanks for the ideas. I should be setting up the temporary wall tomorrow and hopefully making the repairs on Monday.

Thanks for the reply. How close to the existing wall do I need to make this temporary a-frame support? Your recommendation sounds good and I do think I will be able to do most of the work from the outside, although that will mean removing lots of siding, some of which is water damaged in that...

Hello, My name is Jacob and I am new to this forum. I have attached a couple of pictures of a room that I am renovating. I had a suspicion there could be water damage at the corner of the house because the gutter downspout on that corner had gotten clogged and burst its seam, leading to some...