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Personally I dont think people shld use a garbage dispossal. The easiest thing is to get rid of it. Let ur drain catch get the solid refuse and throw it in the trash, no need to tempt the drain to clog if u dont have to..

I'd recomend using a line-pin to chisle out the brick. Cutting the mortar is easier until you nick a brick next to the one your taking out, sometimes it's better to take a little more time rather than risk other bricks around it. I'd also be careful when taking out the mortar joint if the brick...

I'd be uneasy about using plywood under a shower stall just because of the moisture risk. Seems to me that using plywood would be running the long term risk of rotting out and to repair it in the future would be a pain. Going with the concrete will save the worry and difficult repair since it...

Hello jl42. I'm not a plumber by any means but I am gathering info on adding plumbing in a basement preferably under my slab. I don't think sand is the way to go here, I have read in another article in this forum that you should use (I believe it was referred to) a "sleave". Sounded to me like...

The knee wall sits on a triple joist that spans from the central and outside loadbearing walls. The framing looks to be a cross between platform and plank & beam construction since the exsisting triple 2"x6" joist does not currently rest on a post. Looks like I need to beef up this "stud" to a...

Would it be O.K. to shift the knee wall as long as it is still under both joists or install a header across the span of the knee wall?

I am remodeling a 1943 1&1/2 story upstairs. It has kneewalls that I have been told are not loadbearing (by a buddy who is a relatively new contractor) but they appear to me to be supporting my roof joists which consist of 2 joined 2"x6"x12's. The knee wall is located at the top end of the lower...

Hey everyone am doing some remodeling throughout my home and have periodically used this forum for tips was a brick mason some years ago till the back went and now stick to my own projects. Sure I'll have plenty of questions for ya