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Flooring, Miscellaneous, Windows
5 Things to Do to Get Your Home Ready For Winter Winter in St. Louis is quickly approaching. Now is the time to make sure your home is ready for the winter season. Since the clock is ticking and cold weather is almost here, you might not have time to get the big...
Flooring, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
A: Personally I prefer to have the tile installed before the cabinets when possible. Reasons:1. This method is safer for the cabinets, less chance of damage or scratches on the cabinets from moving tile around.2. Makes for a clean transition from the tile to cabinets,...
Flooring, Home Improvement Library, Water & Moisture
I think your suggestion might help but will not likely fix the problem unless it is buried very deep. The problem is typically that the soil beneath the front porch concrete slab is supported with brackets or knee supports that are part of the foundation of the house....
Flooring, Home Improvement Library, HVAC
I suspect your squeak is the ductwork sheet metal moving up and down along the shaft of the vertical nail or bracket holding it to the bottom of the floor joists. The 2×12 floor joists on a 16 foot span are well within span limits for single family residences,...
Flooring, Home Improvement Library
The liquid in your radiant heat system is circulated by a pump or pumps from your boiler. The flow of hot water or liquid to each room must be balanced according to the heat-loss from insulation or lack of it, amount of glass or doors in the room, sunlight, etc., in...
Flooring, Home Improvement Library, HVAC
Electric heat for floors are still custom laid into the thin set mortar bed prior to the ceramic tile installation, or in a liquid-set under layment material under carpet floors. There is no economical mat that is any less costly than the laid up custom material....
Flooring, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Remodeling
We at Mosby Building Arts typically remove the sink, vanity and toilet to install ceramic tile on a bathroom floor. A potential water leak or water spill under the vanity will therefore not affect the wood of the vanity cabinet and the appearance is more crisp and...
Flooring, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
Squeaky hardwood floors in the winter are often made worse from very dry air amongst other things. Check the relative moisture in your home with a digital meter to assure the indoor humidity is between 30% – 50% relative humidity. Indoor air dryer than 30%...
Flooring, Home Improvement Library
Plywood vs. Composite Sub-Floor Material I still like fir plywood, but I like 5-ply fir plywood. Less expensive 3-ply plywood in any species of wood is less sturdy than 5-ply. Composites are far more available, less costly, and will move less in “normal”...
Basements, Flooring, Home Improvement Library
Lowering a Basement Floor Adding a foot of additional depth to a basement by lowering the floor is possible. The risk of success is the existing depth of the sewer pipes beneath the basement floor. If the sewer pipes under the basement concrete floor are buried deep...
