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If the sisters can be fastened to good wood in the old joists for 4 or 5 feet, I would think that would be adequate. Just make sure you use a lot nails and some constuction adhesive wouldn't hurt either.

Good luck!

Our old house has 3/4" T&G Pine on the walls, and originally had been wall papered. The wall paper underlayment was cloth and was nailed in place with small brads. We pulled the nails out with a tack puller and pliers and then painted or varnished the walls. We did not bother to fill the nail holes,...

Zoysia is very much like Bermuda. It puts out runners and spreads and also goes dormant at the first frost. It grows slower and spreads slower than Bermuda. It begins to green up when the evening temperatures get above 40, but it really doesn't grow much until the evening temps exceed 60. I had it a...

I successfully saved the original detached garage to our house. It had not been roofed in 40 years and termites had invaded it and eaten away much of the structure. But I was able to cut out the damage and sister in new studs on one side and replace about half of the rafters. I redecked it and roofe...

It's personal preference. We have beadboard in the bathrooms, hall, kitchen, and on the upstairs ceiling. We like it...wish we had more. They make a beadboard plywood that I used in the bathrooms to match the original beadboard pretty well. I couldn't find it any where in the original size and shape...

It is a brand of fireplace insert for masonry fireplaces. Usually had a damper and a circulation system that could be built in with the masonry. My Dad was a builder in 50's and 60's and used them on nearly all the houses he built in that time period.

You may want to consider leveling the floor by jacking from the outside. The trouble with shimming the floor, is that this may make it obvious that the ceiling is also not level. Jacking would correct the floor and ceiling problem, shimming just covers it up. If you did decide to do the shimming ide...

I assume you are talking interior walls are painted concrete, which is peeling? I would think there is no amount of work will ever make the concrete walls look good, short of sandblasting all of the paint off. You should consider sheetrocking over the concrete. You can glue it on with construction a...

Sliding doors take up no floor space, while doors that swing, must have no obstacles in the swing path. Sliding doors usually are not lockable/unlockable from the outside. I am building a house that will have a sliding door in the breakfast nook exiting to the patio...there simply was insufficient r...

I would say it might not be too much to pay, if..... You could do the wiring and plumbing yourself. and... When you get the wiring, plumbing and HVAC installed will it be worth $200k? If not, I wouldn't mess with it. It is a beautiful home and looks like a great project. I rewired and replumbed our ...