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Started of as a paint job. And so the story of the old goes right. Ready for the beginning of this story. Its only 3 days old figuring out what to do. And times to start and stop for the year. and extreme cost most likely need to make lots of estimates myself to see how and when we can do it...

Hello! We have an old house in Long Island, NY and I had to renovate and fix every inch of that house multiple times because 1) we got scammed multiple times by contractors and other companies. The issue is that I'm in another state and I have to rely on people over the phone to do a good job on...

I found mold on the baseboard in the living room that shares a wall with a bathtub that had a leak last year. There was mold and rot in that wall and had someone come in and fix the mold and rot issues before installing the new tub. I opened up the wall a bit behind the baseboard and found...

So 2 years ago I had a contractor replace most of the trim on my giant 2-story bay window (3 story townhouse) with PVC. However, during this current humid summer, some of the 'inner' trim areas of the bay window seem to be rotting again since those sections were seemingly not replaced with PVC...

EDIT: It's cedar clapboard, with 4" showing. I've noticed that the guys doing rot repair on my house have noticed a couple things that are different from how they do things. None of the clapboard joins have any flashing underneath them. None of the clapboards put up have been hand-primed on...

Our windows are approx 25 yo Pella crank outs. Some weren't moving smoothly, so I lubricated joints and tightened screw connections. This helped most of the windows. However, in two windows I found the screw connecting a stabilizer arm to the frame was completely loose. In the other windows the...

I started on what I thought would be a pretty surface level renovation and found a couple of issues. 1) Found that a toilet had been leaking for a while. I removed everything which seemed to be mush but uncovered some limited damage to the subfloor and one joist. a) The tile on the floor...

Hi All, I am replacing a rotted out front porch column and was hoping someone might be able to assist me in determining what these 1x4 decorative boards are called. It looks like the 4x4 post is encased in these trim boards. I am normally pretty good about "Googling" my way to the correct...

I have a house that is about 150 years old. It is a brick house and has a flat front porch that is stone. It also has a add on which is my dining room. It has a flat roof. Main house is shingles and the two flat roofs were some kind of flat roof stuff. I got a quote for the flats. It was like...

[Not sure in what forum this might belong. Sorry for the very long explanation but I think it is necessary to fully explain the situation.] This year, I moved to a new house with a shop. The shop is a somewhat unique construction in that it is built wood frame on concrete foundation with...

The siding above our garage and porch is rotting near the roof-line (see photos). Both areas never get sun, which I think caused or exacerbated it. I researched replacing the boards but it's beyond my ability to do a good job. (On a scale of 1 to 10 my DIY skill level is about a 3.) I...

Hi there and thanks for your help. I have inherited a few hundred dollars worth of wooden siding. It was previously painted before being stored under a deck for many years (not sure how many!). There were lots of woodlouse & spiders, but the area was dry as the deck above was covered with a...

My house is suffering from damage brought on by very poor landscape grading, design and years of neglect. I will include as many pictures as I can to help my descriptions. Looking for input and ideas regarding my plan. I'll check in occasionally with updates. Here's the scenario. There is a...

Sistering 170 yr. old Basement Beams with a Bowed ceiling I have about 20 170 year old beams in my basement that I want to sister. With a 2 x 8 on each side. The old beams are big old growth...

I'm replacing a rotting sill plate. I've done this before, no problems. In this case, however, the sill plate rotted because the stem wall ends at ground level, thus obvious leaking problems occurred. The ground here is not higher than elsewhere around the house. If I try to dig six inches...

The house: Two-story colonial, roughly 25' x 25' square, with one-story addition attached on back yard side. Front of house has 1-wythe of brick, from grade to eaves. Conventional gable roof, ridge of roof is parallel to the front of house. Roof is 1/4" slate. One side of house has concrete...

How can I fix this, I had tried Wood filler after cleaning the rot wood out of the way and that didn't go too well. I also want to pervert this from happening again. The frame has a design as you can see in the pictures. Home depot said I gotta cut it myself for the design. I got no experience...

My recently-purchased 1949 one-story ranch has a crawl space with untreated sill plate resting on top of a somewhat wavy (in places) foundation wall. There's tar paper or something like that between the wood and concrete. Because the top of the foundation isn't perfectly flat, there are large...

I just got the kitchen back together after gutting to the studs and now need to tackle this window issue. The house was built in early '30s. While pulling a window shut in one of the bedrooms, the bottom broke loose due to some pretty severe rot. The only window experience I have is writing a...