i would go with a darker shade of grey ,or the green,most foundations of stick houses are cinder block or red brick with a cement plaster.to get the look you may want.

well depending on your budget,decor and length of the counter you may look into a butcher block type it's wood and thick and very sound . you can seal it or treat it with oil, it's not for every one ,depends on your tastes.

i have done the same as greg and most others have done , with the spackel, one room i used flat lattice and painted them the wall color, and iin the kitchen i used a good vinle wall paper, i also added fake brick paneling in the palor wall and glued and nail. seams so tight you can't see them plus i...

most of the roofs i've seen are shingled or metal. if it where me and i could afford it i would go with a metal roof. i've used regular shingles for my m/h but had removed the old first. yes weight can be an issue, seems mother nature gave you a head start. heh heh. jd will chime in soon he can tell...

hello you could go with a prehung door unit. and resize the door opening like greg said. THE BOOK that's available on this site can help you with that project. also there is a news artical somewhere in here about cutting a door to size.doing that same thing to my back door. too small. 30x79 i like t...

i'm not a football kinda guy but like to watch a good game every now and then, just sorry that ,that wasn't my idea of superbowl quality game or anything

hey guys can some one tell me in english the fuel types for fuel oil, my daughters furnace lable said it uses both type 1 and 2 , but i want to know what they are , like examples, the stuff in the tank smells like deisle, or kero. fuel comp just says 1 or 2 1 burns cleaner they say and thus cost mor...

sounds crazy but the iron thing is done on the ends of the counter top to finish it off , did that for the bath room counter, kit from lowes , glueing the old broken peics good if you get it clean,like greg said tile is good but yea grout gets dirty and hard to clean, i've painted our countertop, sa...

i got it sheet metal thin stuff and attach it to the outside door . it' thin enough you should be able to glue it and fab a edge gaurd plus you can prep it ,prime and paint it , just have to use metal primer. or do the same with formica. or just go and replace that door

wanna come over and help me with my project, heh heh looks like things are moeving along well, like the tinkerbell shot he he heh.

i agree Aaron but if it's like mine, odd ball size hard to find, and costly, mine is like 26 inchx79 what is that ? a port hole? if your going to replace the door use a prehung door of normal witdth 32 or so.

if it's one of those foam core back doors i would just cover the inside and out side withlike 1/4 inch luan and fab some trim on it like greg said. those doors are flimsy and need all the help they can get ,without replaceing them. you can take the frame off and the glass and then fill that opening ...

wow just gave me a flash back of my kids project , starting to get that twichy eye again. :shock: heh don't you just love how they put a divideing wall in between 2 floor joists rather than over it. :shock: with all that open i would put stringers between the joists to keep them in place a bit,provi...

you could look for new constuction vinle windows i know home depot has them they have the j channel built into them. just a thought, i used them on my 14x60 single

i install a tile splash gaurd on the kitchen wall on my daughters home. they are there small1 inch tile mats 12x12 inch i did 2 rows high along the counter and behind the stove, got them from home depot clearance so it didn't cost much. see how it holds up , i figure smaller pieces on a mesh may fle...