We have lived here for 7 yrs, the former owners had a water softener that used salt installed but when we moved in,we changed it out with a new system that includes a reverse osmosis system under the sink, but uses potassium instead of salt. We have never had any problem at at all with it. The softe...

I should have mentioned the ceiling in the dining room is vaulted, so I think the ceiling is on one side of the rafter and the roof on the other. The rafters are 12" on center.
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When we bought this house we were told by the former owners that it was entirely "2x4 construction, he gave us the paperwork and brochures on the place that said 2x4 exterior construction. Due to recent rains and a leaky roof we had to cut a hole in the hall ceiling. We found that there were on...

We had mice and figured they must have been coming in through the dogie door. Didn't want to use any poison because of the pups, so we got those plug in sonic mouse deterrent things, they work great :D . We put one in the laundry room and one in the hall. No more evidence of mice around now. I also ...

1) We would like to tie our evaporative cooler into the existing furnace ducting under the house. Is that doable? I know the air volume is much higher for the cooler then it is for the furnace. Would that be an issue? 2) We have a corner fireplace that has some void space along the outside wall (we ...

Greg, the deck will come up to about half way up the ridge board, (I think that is what it is called) will have about a 8 inch step up to the landing in front of the front door. So maybe we might have some room for a slight pitched roof. Dean2, extending the roof might also be an option. I will let ...

We are building a covered deck around the side and front of our home. As you can see it has odd angles of the roof at the front door area. The current porch area is approx 10x15 ft. The new deck will be about 17x24 in the same area. But the quandary is how to tie in the roof lines at the front of th...