You must be a registered user to ask a question to our pros. Please login or register if you don't have an account already.
Registration is free and easy.
I am converting my old garage into a heated workshop. The floor is a mess: the concrete is cracked and falling apart. I was thinking of putting down 6-mil poly, followed by tongue-and-groove plywood or particleboard. Would this help?
My wife and I are about to do some maintenance on our deck, which is unfinished pressure-treated wood. What product, or products, do you recommend to make the wood last longer?
—John Berndt Mayo
My son and I are doing a basement reno. We put Styrofoam on the outer walls and 2x4 interior walls. We were planning to put batts of insulation between the wall studs, and my son was wondering if we should put up a vapour barrier. Is this a good...
I just covered the walls in a basement room with tongue and groove pine boards. What would be a good, non-smelly finish for them? I do not mind having to reapply the finish every few years.
—Stephen Miller
I am making a cabinet—it will have two doors with no post between them. The opening is 21" wide x 15" high. The hinges are on the left and right sides, and the doors meet in the middle. How much spacing should I provide around and between the...
I have an older home with a crawl space with a dirt floor. I had the interior walls and rim joists insulated with blown-in foam - r-20 - 3.5". The rafters, ducts and water lines were left bare. Question 1 - Do I cover the dirt floor with poly, the...
I am going to replace our kitchen cupboard doors and drawer fronts with shaker style, in a painted finish. I am thinking of using 3/4" MDF for the rail and stile ( 2" wide ), using mortise & tenon joinery (biscuits are too big), and lots of glue on...
I am installing a steel bath tub to bare stud walls. I'm looking for fastners to secure the tub to studs. There used to be clips that attached to the tub and screwed into bare wood studs. I've looked in several stores and contacted steel tub...
My brother and I suffer from a similar jointer problem. Our machines will taper a board. We have resorted to jointing the board on the tablesaw and using a thickness planer to size the wood. What are we doing wrong?
—Norm DeBienne
I want to build some Adirondack chairs from composite wood. Would you recommend this? Can it be routered and sanded? Can it be glued and joined together to make wider pieces for the arms? The seat span is about 24"—would that bend in the heat of...
What is the best way to install dryer flex lines where you have walls and cabinets beside the dryer? I have used the light foil expanding duct, but when you stretch these out the three feet to get them connected on both ends while the dryer is away...
Loading ...
