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Hi renee, if the existing wood siding, I am betting that it is plywood T-111, is in good termite free condition you can add a lap siding over the top of it. I recommend Hardie siding. It is made out
Hi muhammad, it sounds to me like the builder needed to add the "intermediate" flush beam to cut the span of your joists to a workable length without having the header impose into the living space. It
Hi franc, a little trick I have seen masons do, and I have done it myself, is to use chips of block or small wood shims to hold up the block until the mortar sets up. You then pull the shim out and push
Hi Grady, I've read this question several times over the last couple days trying to figure it out. A lot of mystery surrounds the words "foundation" and "brick".. When you say 15x15 foot brick foundation
Hi Jon, a standard, handicap accessible ramp is a 1/12 pitch so every one foot of rise would require 12' of ramp. So your ramp would have to be over 60' long to accommodate the 5.5' of rise. In contrast
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