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Ok good, so it sounds like I don't need a separate vapor barrier then. The height difference between the deck (which is also the pantry floor) and the kitchen floor is 3/4" (the height of sub flooring in the kitchen). But the front door leads directly to the pantry, which means I have to...

Thanks, Nealtw. If I skip the insulation but put down subflooring, what kind of moisture barrier should I use, if any? And do you think that the moisture rising up from underneath the house will rot the decking if there's subflooring sitting on the it and obstructing normal flow of air?

Thank you all for the replies. Much appreciated.

Hi all, I bought a fixer upper in the Santa Cruz mountains and am asking for your advice regarding the following situation: The previous owner built an extension to the existing house but instead of doing it properly, she just first extended her outside deck (2x6 cedar boards on piers and...

Thanks Joecaption, That makes total sense. So when you say to keep the z-bar 1/4" away from the siding I'm assuming you mean not to butt up the level part of the metal to the bottom of the siding? Is that necessary so that I can fit a 1" thick piece of vinyl board under the z-bar lip? Because...

Thank you all for your replies. I think I will go with the z-molding. The previous owner had made some siding repairs and left a bunch of off cuts that I can use as the strips under the z-molding. It'll be good to match the strips with the siding.

Hi, I bought a property with an old cabin on it and the structure is a real hack job. The specific problem (among many others!) that I'm dealing with right now is that the framing was built directly on a patio deck and they didn't run the siding low enough so when it rains the water runs...

Hi all, My name is Thomas and I just bought an off-the-grid property with my wife in the SC mountains. There's an old cabin on the land that will need a major overhaul so I'll probably be posting pretty steadily here in the future. I've lived off the grid for several years in the past and...