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We are most of the way through an extensive kitchen renovation and the last major part is going to be installing a click lock vinyl plank floor. I have determined that the sub floor is close enough to flat but I need to determine whether I can lay the planks over the original 29 year old sheet...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkkah and a best wishes for any other holidays you celebrate at this time of year.

I'm working on rebuilding/replacing the back deck. The old one was pressure treated lumber but after 25 years of weather (south facing) and neglect a large percentage of the 2x4s on the deck were starting to rot and about half of the structure needs to be replaced too. About all I want to re-use...

I'll start: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or whatever greeting is appropriate to what you celebrate at this time of year

A ceramic tile installer near here retired and the people that bought his place put a sign up advertising free ceramic tile to anyone that wanted to haul it away. In his yard there are several dozen pallets of what were originally boxes of tiles but they have been out in the weather so long that...

My Mum in law's basement flooded; The tile and foundation have been dealt with and it has been dry for a few months and, since I know how to do stuff and my brothers in law both have to work for a living I was "elected" to restore her rec room. Most of the damage was to one outside wall. We...

I was talking to someone about the power outages after last week's ice storm and they mentioned that their gas range (both the oven and the burners) always refuses to light the first time after the power comes back on until they use a barbecue lighter to light each one once but after that the...

I am finishing a 6'3" x6'8" basement bathroom which will have a dropped ceiling (24x24" PVC panels) because about 80% of it is covered by ducts and I wont to retain access to wiring, TV & internet cables &c that run through that space. The light will be a surface mount LED fixture. I have hung...

We have lived here for over 20 years and stuff put into the dryer at bedtime was usually still warm in the morning, even in February. This summer I noticed that the outside vent's plastic was starting to crumble so I replaced it with a similar large hood flapper with pest grill. Now if we...

Background: I live in South Central Ontario and I have a 6' x 20' deck at the back of the 23 year old brick veneer house that was built by the contractor who built the house. It is approx. 42" above grade and supported by a ledger/joist attached to the wall and four 4x4 posts right at the outer...