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I have an ongoing bat infestation. Once and a while one finds there way into the basement of the house or into the attic. They are living the roof of the story and a half section at the back of my house. I can hear them at night sometimes squeaking and coming and going. I hired an bat removal expert...

I sandblasted mine in place (which was easier because the whole house was gutted out at the time). I painted mine with spray paint, which worked ok, just had to go slowly so I didn't get any paint runs. Also I messed up a little on my masking and got a tiny bit of paint on the edge of the overflow h...

Wow, what fantastic progress! I'm impressed with how well the new addition looks like its going to be a seamless part of the house.

Don't feel bad, I just recently returned myself.
I use a sharp knife to cut any loose paper off and get a sharp edge. Then all I do is a few layers of drywall compound, unless it's a large area, then I might consider using some paper tape.

What a shame. Take something perfectly good, spend a tonne of money to turn it something else. I can understand why you do that to a rundown falling apart piece of junk, but something in that condition... Its worse than the usual plague of vinyl siding, vinyl windows and aluminum flashing and eavest...

Glad you were able to enjoy a trip to our beautiful province. My wife and I travelled through some of the same areas back in August, we stayed for a week in the Perth area (north of Kingston). There are some gorgeous little towns all around the Great Lakes - some time I'll have to get over to see mo...

My previous old house was in a town dominated by a variety amish/mennonite groups. They ranged all over the map in practices. One church a block up from my was "black car" - on a Sunday morning there would be several hundred black mini-vans, trucks and SUVs in the parking lot. On Sundays I drove int...

I'm a survivor of a back to the studs renovation myself. If the structure is solid, and the mechanicals (heat, plumbing, electrical) are done then the cost of what remains depends really heavily on how much work you do yourself. Insulation, drywall, mud and trim (especially reinstalling old trim) ar...

I refurbished mine during my extensive renovation. I replaced all the supply piping with pex, switching over to cast iron just before the pipes came out of the floor. I moved the radiators away from the walls (I removed the plaster, rewired/plumbed, replaced much of the framing, insulated, vapour ba...

treat it like a exterior above grade wall - I would probably use fibreglass (or rock wool), vapour barrier to the inside, house wrap and then cover it with plywood or panelling.