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Video: Adding Insulation To An Attic
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If your home has plaster walls, you can resign yourself to patching before every paint job. Harmless cracks will return with regularity no matter how often you fill them. Watch, though, for loose or crumbly cracks...
A poorly insulated attic squanders energy in both the winter and summer -- sending heat right through the roof in cold weather and serving as an enormous solar collector on hot, sunny days.
Drywall is a cross between plywood and plaster. Like plywood, it comes in layered, uniformly sized sheets; like plaster, it is dense, noise-retarding, non- combustible, and fragile once you break through it's paper face.
Walls define interior spaces. They also get in the way -- if you have other plans, that is. Maybe there are lots of small rooms in your home and you would prefer fewer and larger. If your project involves altering walls...
Most homeowners do not undertake extensive foundation projects themselves, but many are able to correct minor defects or build the foundation for a room addition. Even if you are not planning a project that involves...
When planning to build your deck stairs, the main thing to remember is locating them in the safest, most accessible space of your deck design. I would also add step lighting to the stair area for safety when entertaining...
In its simplest terms, bearing walls hold up parts of the house and non-bearing walls merely enclose and divide interior spaces. All exterior walls should be considered bearing walls.
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