We bought an early 1900s row home in october and after months of thinking about how I was to restore the stair treads (which had 5 layers of varnish plus faux painted wood grain), I decided the best way was to take the treads off and finish them at the wood shop. This very well might not be the...

Hello, Thank you for anyone reading this and I apologize if I am not posting correctly. I have never posted in a forum before but have had so much help from other posts so I figured I would give it a shot. We recently had a contractor come in to our home who was "highly recommended'...

Is it ever OK to drill vertically through a structural beam? I have a 5x8 solid timber structural beam running the span of my basement supported by lally columns. Is there any location on this beam that can support a vertical hole through the beam? I bought the house in January and the...

My existing home has 2 x 8 floor joists. When the previous owner finished the basement, he cut 1" out of the bottom of the floor joists so that he could push the 1/2' copper piping flush mount. From there he drywalled the basement ceiling. I wish to repair this structural defect. How do I do it? M