You all have helped me so much with technical help in your areas of expertise, I want to help by answering your questions about your needs in repairing, cutting, assembleing..etc. in this area. Plastics, and metals also. Post it here and I will give you an answer. Be patient thow, I have to go on a moments notice and am running most of the time.
Conan

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Im trying to save money on a new house so is it alright to build the second floor with regular materials and the first floor with balsa wood, partical board, and stucco http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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BOW TO THE BISCUIT KING AND HIS THRONE OF SCONE!!!

[This message has been edited by caleb (edited 06-07-2001).]

Still mad at me for makeing dough-nuts out of the bisquit boy I see...sorry I did that. I'll be good. Serious now.

Great! Can you help me with my Dining room problem? It has to do with whether I should paint the walls or wall-paper them.
I tore down the old walls to find board underneath. They of course are nailed to the mainframe. They have 1/2" slits in between the planks. I wanted to use wall putty to cover the nails and fill in the slits, then paint. I already have one coat of Kills Primer on it (water based.) Of course, the wall is not as smooth as a baby's bottom, so I was wondering if after doing all the prep. work to it, if I just triple coated it with a satin Finish overcoat of paint would smooth it up. Any advise is greatly appreciated.

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Larry,
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I would suggest forget all that prep-work Larry, and re-drywall that particular spot. Your house must be an older one to have tounge and groove walls. Dry wall is cheap and you will end up with a great finish either for paint or paper.

A day late and a dollar short. Oh well.

I wish I had seen this thread before I built a wooden swingset for the kids. Last weekend was quite exhausting. Especially the trip to the ER as I missed a nail and hit my finger. BTW it's healing rather nicely. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

I'll try and keep this thread bookmarked for future reference. Thanks in advance Conan. I'm sure I'll be by to bug you later http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Better then my grandfather burning himself WIELDING a metal swingset together http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/hihi.gif

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You are right, it was built in the fifty's. Damn thing don't even have ground wiring on any circuits...(if you know wiring tips, please inform...).
Anyway, you are saying that I could not ull it off and make this work at all??




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Loyal guardian of the OHF
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Ertai's back-up
Memnoch's chief look-out
Member of the Ancients club
Witness of the 4,000th post by Cloudposter

Over the long haul re-drywalling will be the best idea. The filler that you will use will shrink over time and be noticeable. A house in that age range should be quite settled but the wood in your walls will expand and contract as the seasons change. dry-walling and tapeing the joints will prevent any of that from going on. Good Luck, let me know!

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How do I make rafters? I want to build a house. I just bought a ballpeen hammer, do I need to get one of those nailgun things?