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  • Advice on insulating basement walls and vapour barrier

    I'm unclear on the requirements of a vapour barrier for basement walls that will be against the concrete foundation (located in GTA Ontario). In particular, I'm unclear if polystyrene insulation board can replace the use of poly vapour barrier. The polystyrene ...

    • TheFrostOne
    • Jun 22nd, 2022 9:20 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Tiling the walls on powder room / bathroom

    Want to do a kitchen and bath renovation. Something a bit fancy. https://images2.dwell.com/photos/6755596003741147136/6808165260433399808/original.jpg https://images2.dwell.com/photos/6301044927817658368/6767139284264439808/original.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dGj8JSt_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb...

    • lolbeast
    • Jun 12th, 2022 11:15 am
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Painting basement ceiling same neutral color as walls

    ... our basement and contractors will start painting the basement next week . They have suggested to use to the same neutral color (close to white) as walls in the ceiling as well . As it would be less work for them , they will charge me less for labor. Please suggest if it would be a good idea or ...

    • stevesingh
    • Mar 22nd, 2022 10:29 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Random knocking sounds in walls

    ... wall. On the other side of the wall is the fridge and kitchen cabinets. I tried reading stuff online and consider it to be pipes banging against walls. But the strange thing is i can hear the bangs when no facuet is running. Took a video for reference: https://streamable.com/hj2uh5

    • KloppSquad
    • Feb 27th, 2022 10:42 am
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Shower walls in basement on budget

    Hi, We will be finishing our basement soon so want some suggestions on how to save on finishing the bathroom . This bathroom wont be used normally and would only be used by guests . Out of these 2 options , what do you think would be a better one - 1. https://www.homedepot.ca/product/delta-classic-4...

    • sngs0850
    • Dec 10th, 2021 10:34 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • [GTA] Mice? Scratching in walls - Exterminator vs DIY?

    ... live in a row townhouse in the GTA. My wife and I recently noticed that there was some "scratching" sounds coming from one of our walls. https://e.dam-img.rfdcontent.com/cms/008/303/374/8303374_original.jpg Its distinctly coming from one wall basically, sort of faint sounding upstairs. ...

    • chillychin
    • Nov 28th, 2021 12:15 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Load Bearing Walls

    ... but very confused. Its a bungalow with Modified Queen truss system. There's a steel beam in basement and post. But then upstairs theres 2 hallway walls that aren't in the middle. I've attached pictures I want to remove the blue wall. What do you guys think? Need an engineer?

    • rbkpwnz
    • Nov 12th, 2021 9:45 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Weird noise from walls when windy

    Newly built home. The wind is predominantly blowing east and the wall that faces the wind direction often makes somewhat of a grinding noise. The best description would be that it sounds like as if the wood was moving and grinding against metal fasteners. I can feel it on the 1st and 2nd floors. The...

    • LembergMX
    • Sep 8th, 2021 3:20 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Internal load bearing walls or all external load

    Hi. I was wondering if anyone who know if this roof construction has all the load on the external walls or if there are any internal load bearing walls? I had two opinions so far and both differed. Thanks

  • Slat Walls (Garage) - Hose Reel

    Curious what everyone is using for their water hose on the slat walls? Are you simply using a hook and manually wrapping the hose each time you use it? Or have you installed some other hose reel? Curious what the best option would be as we are soon going ...

    • Jagstyles
    • Jul 13th, 2021 1:49 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Builder changed the floor plans without notice?

    ... before drywall was put up and immediately noticed more floor plan changes were made without notice. When we asked about the additional partition walls, the site manager said that it was due to fire safety code. They partitioned each floor with more walls, to the point where each floor basically ...

    • Drethis
    • May 26th, 2021 10:45 pm
    • Forum: Real Estate

  • Plaster Walls and plugs

    ... find a good solution to this issue I'm having and covet the collective knowledge of this forum to help me out. My house is built in 1970 and the walls are double brick construction, so there's no space behind the plaster walls. It's just plaster, a tiny gap and then concrete block and then the ...

    • exrcoupe
    • May 11th, 2021 10:21 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Exterior Basement Walls

    Just curious, I am having my existing drywall and insulation removed. How long can you have an exterior basment wall uninsulated for?

    • hob2008
    • Jan 14th, 2021 8:20 am
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Noise between walls - thermal expansion or something else?

    Around 8-8:30am I hear a lot of "movement" and noise in between my walls on the upper floor only the south-east facing wall (from one end (east) to the other (south) - that's a bit unsettling especially when it's right by your head when you first wake-up. ...

    • hierophant
    • Jan 9th, 2021 10:24 am
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Floating Basement Walls

    I have seen this method on most channels for floating basement walls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-TXec0CQ8E However this is something that I just ran across. His baseplate are attached to the subfloor and there is no direct connection to the concrete. ...

    • engmsf
    • Dec 21st, 2020 9:29 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Help please; suspected water leak behind walls

    ... we had a home inspection done. At that time, everything looked good. There was no peeling, nor discoloration, or anything like what is now on the walls and ceiling. Moreover, there's this weird green spot which apparently has dripped some green liquid (its dried now) on the garage floor. However, ...

    • KCMarkham
    • Oct 31st, 2020 7:33 am
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Structural changes, which walls should I remove?

    Hi friends, I am planning to have some structural changes on our main floor, and would like to hear suggestions/inputs from group members, on what would be the best option. 1. There is a wall between kitchen and dining/living room as of now, and I am planning to get that wall removed. It's a load be...

    • webester
    • Oct 23rd, 2020 9:44 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • [Picture] BROKEN STUCCO at bottom of outside walls

    Hello. So when we had our yard re-soiled, etc many years ago, it slowly started to pull at the stucco along the bottom of our garage. From what I've gathered the stucco higher up will remain in place because it is attached to the wood part. But these lower parts are attached only to the cement lower...

  • Opening found in Garage floor to walls - fixing options?

    Due to mouse/rat dropping in unfinished basement , I was tracking possible entry points and found garage finished drywalls are opned from floor side. (see pics). That also could be contributing factor of my cold room above grange, in addition to mouse entry. Any suggestion/comments pro/con to fix th...

    • a3dview
    • Sep 20th, 2020 2:29 pm
    • Forum: Home & Garden

  • Techo-Bloc Freestanding Walls -- Install level or with grade?

    Hi everyone! I'm currently prepping my compacted A-Gravel base for freestanding Techo-Bloc Brandon and Borealis walls to surround a fire pit. Someone helped me prepare the grading plan below: Grading Plan v2.png My embedment plan for the walls is shown below: Embedment (Imperial) ...

    • VifferFun
    • Sep 19th, 2020 11:11 am
    • Forum: Home & Garden

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