Search results

We are about to get a new PVC roof on our low sloped home. We live in Northern California about 2 miles from the ocean, so our weather is usually cool. Our choice of roof color are white on dark gray. We are leaning towards the dark gray, thinking the white would look dirty over time. But I also...

Thanks for all the suggestions, it's starting to sound like the door closer may not work. I do like the idea of the spring hinges and will be investigating that option. I have enclosed a picture of the door and the rope around the handle which works great when it is used. Thanks again

I am OK if it does not hold the door open. I just need to stop the flaming from the wind. Would any type of door closer work for that. My doo opens to the inside.

I have a wooden exterior door that goes from my garage to the backyard. the garage is attached to the house and is right off the kitchen. We tend to leave this door open a lot for ventilation. If it is a windy day or the garage overhead door gets open, or just about anything happens to change...

I live in Northern California about 3 miles from the ocean, so we get a lot of fog and moist air. It's time to paint my stucco home again. In the past I have used Kelly Moore Acry-Shield Exterior Flat Paint. I have been happy with it. I used to get it at a discounted price. Now I be paying...

I have a stucco house built in 1952, I live in the SF Bay area about 3 miles from the coast. The summers are usually cool and foggy. I recently discovered damage from a very old leak in the roof from way before I owned the house. Some framing needed to be replaced and a 6 foot section of the...

I am just finishing up repairs to a wall that was damaged by a roof leak about 14 years ago. I am guessing it happened before I owned the home and was fixed by the new roof I had put on when we moved in.So it’s been like this for years. I noticed the top plate had a signs of mold but it seemed...

I am working a project in my home where we are remodeling our wall where our fireplace is. I removed all the brick fixed some dry rot. Now I am getting ready to sheetrock, but before I do, I wanted to run some power to that side of the wall so we can hang out TV over the fireplace ( which we do...

I had someone replace a small 6 foot section of Stucco in my 1 story home. Some of the framing also need to be replaced this was all do to a very old leak, from before we owned the home. The stucco guy replaced 3 studs with pressure treated 2x4s he said it was better and he seems to know what he...

Here is a closeup of the ripped paper and a medium shot ( the new looking wood is my temporary wall). Also is a wider shot of the wall. The outside where the wall and chimney meet is all stucco, there is no brick on the outside of the house. I went up on the roof last week and it all looked good...

Thanks for the help. Here is a photo before I remove the stud and the sheetrock crumbled. The area that is white on the bottom lower third is what crumbled, The material that crumbled is a type of sheetrock with a black paper on both sides. Now in that area all you see is building paper that is...

We removed some of the bricks around our fireplace in our living room . This started as a simple cosmetic update. When we removed the bricks and sheetrock we found evidence of a very old leak. I believe it was from before we moved in 12 years ago. anyway 2 of the 2x4 studs on this outer, load...

The inside is just concrete and very smooth, if it tap it with a hammer is sounds solid. My only fear is damaging the slab but it sounds like the slab will be OK I guess I just start off slow. I planing to start Saturday. Here is a picture I took 12 years ago when we moved it. At that tome I...

Our 1950 ranch slab home has these two planter boxes on the sides of out fireplace. We would like to remove them. They are not original to the house and it's hard to say when they were added. The walls are about 5" thick and the base is about 2" and appear to be solid concrete. I know it a lot...