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Thanks GBR, but I'm not putting in any bedrooms. 3 is enough. :D Making a play area (to get all the toys and game consoles out of the dining and living rooms) and a small room where I can put my massage table. The only room that will have a door will be my massage room.

Sorry for taking so long! Been dealing with a possible dead pc after a power failure. Anyway, AOMP, what do you mean by "rerun over the beam and between the joists"? In the pic, that is the support beam down the middle of the basement ceiling and the service panel would be in the far right...

We recently got our basement waterproofed. Now, we are getting ready to make plans to build a couple rooms with the support beam as the dividing line between the 2 rooms. My dilemma is this: When we decide to build walls, what can/should I do with the wires that run perpendicular under the...

I didn't know before, but now I'm guessing it is...at least about the stucco and concrete block. I don't know about the foam under the stucco.:o The pic was taken with me standing on the ceiling joists looking down at the top of the exterior block wall. The wood towards the bottom is the...

Good idea. Lot of work though. Not looking forward to it. :( Anyway, as I was exploring more up in the side attic (since I was measuring the piping for the bath fan). I found this: The first pic is a hole in the exterior wall. It goes all the way down through the wall and if I'm...

No. It's an Air King BF90 (I think) and it is set up to be installed into a support bracket from underneath. Trying to get it in from above can only be done with lifting the arm of the bracket up and that defeats the purpose because it's to hold the fan up and against the joist. It's kind of...

Ok, got the bath fan in. Just have to hook up the duct line, cut the hole to the outside, and put the vent cap on. I had to overcut the hole to fit the fan in due to the type of installation required. My question is how can I repair the irregular plaster ceiling edges around the outside edge...

Thank you so much, guys! (And pics help immensely ;) thank you ) We already bought the bath exhaust fan so it'll be a matter of getting a warm spell so I can tolerate working in the attic. Lol But, Gary, should I just end the exhaust venting at the end of the roof rafters and not hook it up...

Our house doesn't have soffits...just the end board with rectangular holes with mesh over them (some evenly spaced and some grouped closer towards the corner of the house). I was thinking that we should add them, but I don't know if it's just a matter of extending the roof joists by sistering...

Much appreciated, nealtw! As I realize this is the cheapest place to start, the main issue is determining the correct venting and/or possibly TOO much venting in the attic. On windy days, the side attic with no direct exterior venting (gable or soffit vents) has a definite airflow because the...

Let me know if there's any more pics you'd like to see.

All the windows in the house were replaced with what seems to be cheaper double-hung replacement windows (done while the original owner was still alive and living here). Some of the windows in the house, including the 2 upstairs bedrooms, still have the old storm windows on the outside of the...

Can do on the pics...will post them on my next day off which is Monday. :D Not sure about stopping the spinning. Seems my life is never complete without chaos! ;) And thank you for the warm welcome. :)

Hi all, I'm new and have read thru most of the forums but no one seems to have the exact scenario as us so I'm throwing this out there for some advice. It's a long read but I'm trying to paint a more detailed picture. :o We bought a home built in 1944 in northeastern PA. It's a stucco...