Home Improvements

Where do you verify the credentials of a mold remediator claiming to be IICRC accredited? Since our home is still on warranty, the builder has hired a mold remediation company to remove the mold affe...

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We offered our tenant 350 off per month for 2 months for her boyfriend to complete landscaping work and a few odd jobs (15- 20 hours of work max, for $700) that's conservative 35 dollars a...

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My contractor made a mistake placing deck holes in many different distance apart from each other. He already filled them with concrete. He said will fix the problem but is trying to figure out how.. would be be...

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Hi Thanks for your response in advance. My contractor and I are trying to complete a project but we have hit a road block, there are multiple items that I would like him to complete or rectify in the ori...

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Looking for a price to remove old carpet, tack strips, etc. Put new Underlayment and laminate, quarter rnd and 2 transitions and eliminate some squeaky spots (screws or something) 260sq.f...

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Back door sill plate and floor by back door appear to be bowing or sinking. Can see evidence when someone walks over the area, and there is space or gaps between the wall tiles and the floor that have appea...

2 3 days ago

I would like to span 15’ to build a loft room above my living room what’s the required floor joist without supporting beams?...

1 3 days ago

My thermostat is reading the outdoor temperature (which has been in the low 90F's the past several days) and I am wondering if it is wiser for me to keep the heater on a low temperature or put the c...

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Estimate cost to replace balcony/entryway railings?...

2 4 days ago

We had a contractor install a Coretec galaxy vinyl plank floor throughout our 550 sqft condo. It was vacant for a couple of months after installation but dry & temperature controlled. In March my in-laws moved ...

1 8 days ago

Do privacy fence posts have to be below frost line? Minimum depth? Looking to build 6 foot and 8 foot high....

2 8 days ago

Hello, I live in Paris, Ontario and built a new home in a typical city lot subdivision. My back yard is very small with nearly no privacy beyond a 6ft fence. The rear neighbors have two-storey homes tha...

1 9 days ago

I recently had a waste piping re-pipe tunnel and bore under slab in the Dallas area. Now my interior doors won't close. What would have caused this, and contractor won't fix. Do I have to pay him....

0 10 days ago

When you bid on a paint job do you estimate by floor sq ft or the actual wall sq footage? I've heard both?...

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I want to get a legal finished basement constructed for my detached house. It has one car garage. The total area of the house would be 1950 Sq ft. Can anyone please give me a rough estimate of total cost for co...

4 8 days ago

I hired a contractor to remove my carpet and refinish the hardwood underneath in the family room and to install hardwood on my stairs. He asked for 4000 and we gave him $1500 upfront. Yesterday he started s...

7 5 days ago

I've gone over BCBC 2018 revision 2 (latest as of writing) and I've read in detail about lintel (header) spans and sizes, from the span tables and the three sections that reference i...

0 11 days ago

I live in Scarborough and own a two story semi detached house. Would like to know if I can extend by first floor by 15 feet in my back yard my backyard is 100 feet long....

5 11 days ago

We would like to run Ethernet from our router (in the basement) to the upstairs bedrooms and we would like to know either a good DIY option, or roughly how much it would cost for a professional to d...

2 4 days ago

Is it acceptable to paint down the basement floor and / or seal it to keep the dust down. In the long term I would like to finish the basement with a wood floor are there any implications if I paint/sea...

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