So according to some government study, 50% of chlorine exposure occurs in the shower. To combat this I bought a fancy shower head. Unfortunately, the shower head is so big, the highest part of my body the water hits is my navel. Showering on my knees is out. To fix the problem I bought a fancy showe...

Hi All, the saga is almost over. Now it's time to roof the 10 x 20 attached awning structure. I divided the 20 foot length into 2 foot x 10 foot sections. Here's the problem. The structure isn't strong enough for me to crawl around on. I was going to use painted plywood. The issue is attaching it an...

0210151731.jpg Hi All, First, I hate computers. I typed out a real nice message and my computer went crazy and it's lost. ERRRRR! Ok. Continuing on the attached awning structure. I need to hang a 2 foot by 10 foot piece of plywood on a downward angle from the house, awning style. I'm attaching a 2x...

Hi All, Quick questions: 1.) I need to attach a ledger board to the house, so I can run boards across a 10 foot span that will attach to a board, so I can lay the new awning. The problem is attaching the ledger board. I enclosed a picture. I can't find the attachment points for the ledger board to t...

Hi All, so I replacing the three 6 x 6 x 8foot wood posts that hold up an attached awning on my trailer. The ones I'm replacing are circa 1977. They were pressure treated but suffered from lots of 'dry' rot. I live in the hot as Hades California desert. We get sun and heat but very little rain yet t...

Hi All, Back in April the 10 x 26 patio cover that's attached to my trailer blew away. Not the actual structure but the roof. Yes, I've been working on it since then. So on the free standing portion are 3 support beams. They are 6 x 6 x 8 foot beams. Mine all had horrible dry rot. I was all set to s...

Thanks for all the responses. I agree with the whole replace it thinking. It's a 6 x 6 solid wood post. The rot is from the sun, not water. It is attached to the concrete with a bracket. I had to fix the post behind it (in the picture). They weigh a ton and try attaching it, holding it and screwing ...

Hey guys, I was able to get 2 phone quotes for the 10 foot by 20 foot long gutters connected by a corner piece to form an "L" shape. $650 and $360. I'm sorry, that seems very expensive and decided to do it myself. You guys really think a level run of a 10 foot gutter connected to a 20 foot...

Because that side of the home had the attached patio cover, it didn't have a gutter and by default, no fascia board. The attached patio cover had an internal gutter system built in, so whatever water that fell off the side of the house, was caught by the attached patio cover and used the gutter syst...

Hi All, Well the gutter issue has been answered. $650 for seamless gutters, is a bit too pricey. I'm going to "DIY" with the metal gutters from Home Depot. I'm not sure if my home ever had a fascia board, or if it needs one, but would like to install one. The gutter is 10 foot by 20 foot l...

Hi All, was going to install new gutters on the side of the house. It's a 10foot long section connected to a 20foot long section. It forms an 'L' shape. Reading the reviews on the Home Depot site, has me all confused now. I was going to use the plastic gutters. They said, no. Go with the metal. Not ...

Hi All, As you can see in the picture, I have some wood rot. This wood post makes up part of the structure that holds up the attached awning (the one that was torn off the mobile home back on 3/28/14). I'm thinking of just refacing the posts with the same wood siding used on the exterior of my mobil...

Hi All and Thanks in advance. Connected to my home was a metal roof supported by three 6x6 wood posts. The metal roof blew off in a storm. The wood structure is in good shape and I'm going to thrown a sun canopy over the wood structure. The problem is one of the 6x6 posts fell down. They are set int...

Had a big wind storm and when I got home, the attached 10 x 30 aluma awning was ripped off the house. This was the patio side awning, not the carport side. This is a unimaginable disaster, because I let the insurance expire. The only good thing, I wasn't home when it happened. Today the estimates fr...

If you Google 'Styrofoam wood beams' you will find a HUGE supply of 3 sided faux wood beams that are made to cover the thing you have already. These aren't your Momma's faux wood beams, these things look incredible. My neighbor installed them when he remodeled. They aren't cheap, but they are very n...