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My house has an old hot water boiler heating system that was installed in the mid 70's. It has 3 zones with finned tubed baseboard heat. We may be selling the house in a few years and don't want the heat system to be an issue, however, I'm not having any issues. Does any of the supply houses...

I have a mountain lot and when I build someday, I’ll need to install a septic system. How flat or what is the maximum slope the leach field can be on? I’m looking for % of grade. I don’t have the soil type yet, I’m hopping for just a rough idea.

Its not a garage, its an add on to my house where you step down into that room. Here is a photo of the other side of that room. You can see there is foundation exposed. Thank you.

I cut away a little and I feel foundation backing. Looks like it is some type of foam board on top of the foundation with some type of 4x8 sheets on top of foam board (not plywood). I guess I could drill a few holes to determine the top of the foundation. At that point, cut the rotted bottom...

Getting ready to paint our house. The lower part of our siding is rotting away where it touches the patio and landscaping. I think it is a poor design. How can I correct this? Cut away 6" on bottom and install HardiePlank or what would be the simplest fix that would work? See attached...

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I've posted a stucco question before and now I think I'm going to go forward and hire a stucco contractor. I've received several bids with prices that very substantially. Most of the bids state "chicken wire". The bid on the lower end states 1/2" cement coat with sheets of "fiberglass mesh"...

Before we paint our house I want to explore the idea of maybe getting a bid on doing stucco. The top half of our exterior wall has 2" x 2" slats running horizontally every 16" above brick. I would like to install a foam board between the 2" x 2" slats to add some insulation value instead of...

I would like to insulate my 2 car garage. I use the the ceiling to store wood so I want to leave the ceiling open. I would like to insulate between the top cord of the roof. The trusses are only made with a 2X4 so I don't have much depth. The roof is asphalt shingles and I don't have a ridge...