Posts Tagged ‘Building’
Home Building Materials
Building your own home is a challenging task that requires you to have not only a good design in mind, but also a well-planned list of the home building materials to be used. Planning ahead means less headaches for you and deters unintentional spending. Details are very important, especially for the home building materials that ...
Leveling Floors
Older homes and buildings most generally present you with structural obstacles when it comes to renovations or updates of any sort. Aged structures, many times, have foundation problems which result in sloping, sagging or dipping floors. Depending on your personal needs, these obstacles can be dealt with in several ways. If you want to retain ...
Sheathing the Roof
After sub-fascia and rakes have been installed, the next step in continuing your roof structure of your home building is installation of the roof sheathing. Roof sheathing should be a minimum of 9/16” or 5/8” sheathing creates a good structural roof. Using H-clips is highly recommended in all applications. If your rafters have been installed ...
Sun Room Nightmare
Have you ever taken on a project thinking you had all avenues covered and in check, only to find out you missed it by a mile. I will share this story with you in hopes that it will help some of you avoid the pitfalls I experienced. As a young contractor just starting out, we ...
