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  1. Remodeling
    Hello and Happy New Year to all. I'm renovating a 100 year old house. It's sitting on a single layer brick "foundation". Every 8ft there is a small section that is doubled to create piers (I guess that's the purpose). Anyway, there doesn't appear to be any footing below it, it's buckling, and...
  2. Building & Construction
    Greetings all! I recently ran across this YouTube video: It got me thinking about the potential to use a similar design for my father in law who's house is sorely in need of a wheelchair lift to the second floor of his home. Some things of note - first, I'm only in the thinking phase...
  3. Building & Construction
    I have a 12x16 heavy shed. It's heavy as instead of being made with plywood/2x4s the entire wall construction was created using 2x6s (plus the door and three windows, standard truss with shingled roof). Around the base of the shed (where the walls sit) are 4x4s. I need to move this shed 5-6...
  4. Building & Construction
    Need help on a system for opening a basement door that is apart of my floor in one of the rooms. It opens up with a tug on a handle but was wondering about some sort of strut or actuator system that can be operated from inside the basement and outside the basement as well (Tornado's prevalent in...
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