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Commercial Food Court

I am thinking to put 2 dry walls into a food court kitchen, so people can't see the back of the house. Can I do it myself? Or do I need a licensed contractor to do it? ...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post June 14, 2012
Bathroom Fan Installation

Can you connect a bathroom fan into the kitchen fan exhaust. It would be a matter of cutting a hole in the wall of the bathroom and hooking it up to the exhaust. This exits on to the roof. We don't use th...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post August 8, 2015
Installing Bathroom Ceiling Fan/Exhaust

I need to install a combo light/fan in a bathroom on the second story. Is there ANY way to do this without having to go into the attic? Currently there is no fan at all so I will need to install the ou...

Number of Responses 3 Date of Last Post October 13, 2011
glued on cabinet???

I am helping a friend remove an old bathroom cabinet located above her toilet. I figured it would just be screws. But when i got there, there were NO signs of the cabinet being screwed onto the wall. It ...

Number of Responses 3 Date of Last Post October 13, 2011
Sprucing up an acrylic tub liner

Hi. We recently bought a house which included a renovated bathroom including a tub and wall liner. I'm used to tiles so I think it's really plain and boring-looking and would like to spruce it up some...

Number of Responses 1 Date of Last Post November 20, 2011
Cabinet recycling

Hi. I'm renovating our kitchen and removing the old cabinets (cream colored shaker-style doors) some time at the end of October/early November and we got a quote of $700 to remove the cabin...

Number of Responses 3 Date of Last Post October 13, 2011
Can I remove a wall between kitchen and living room?

Hi, I live in what can be called a typical Scarborough semi-detached bungalow. A neighbour told me I could take down a wall between my kitchen and living room but others who were going to help me with th...

Number of Responses 4 Date of Last Post March 7, 2018
Kitchen Remodelling

Kitchen remodelling quotes required. Please quote your price. ...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post May 28, 2012
Tub, if subfloor is wet

I realized that water is getting from my shower- still unknown onto the floor and peeled back my linoleum to see water under it. The floor is still wet but if there is water damage could it be under my bath tub...

Number of Responses 1 Date of Last Post October 4, 2011
TUBS

What are the pro's and cons of air tubs vs jet bathtubs? Are they noisy? I only have room for a 5 ft tub, Replacing an old Boeing tub with new tub, fixtures and tiles. ...

Number of Responses 0 Date of Last Post September 17, 2011
General Cost to have cupboards painted and re done?

This is for eight small drawers and twenty two doors, five of the doors are very small half doors. I had this done in December. I painted the frame using BM oil paint and sent out the doors and drawers ...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post October 27, 2012
Tub Flange

I am looking for tub or shower flange cover they used in 80's vintage mobile homes. The tubs and showers were screwed onto the panneling and then there was a 2 in. wide metal trim stock screwed over flange ...

Number of Responses 1 Date of Last Post November 22, 2011
Cabinet construction

We are a new custom cabinet company, and I am wondering what the most common cabinet consruction is, (blind dado, butt joint, dowel, ) etc: and what the most commonm is for drawe...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post October 18, 2011
Steam Shower Door with Window Louver?

Can you advise me on whether or not a window louver/transom is a strong recommendation to be installed above a steam shower door? I've searched the web extensively today and some sites recommend ...

Number of Responses 6 Date of Last Post September 16, 2011
counter tops

How do I measure for counter tops if it comes in pieces that have diaganal cuts?...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post October 4, 2011
Cost of Redoing a kitchen and Bathroom

I am thinking about renovating my bathroom and kitchen. First in the kitchen the stove and sink would have to be moved, I would like a wall taken down, to make the livingroom and kitchen one open space...

Number of Responses 3 Date of Last Post August 23, 2011
Bathtub liner vs. replacing the tub

I have this job posted already, but i wondered if any professionals could tell me the pros and cons of an acrylic tub liner vs. putting in a new tub. I have an old shallow metal tub and we want to have the ...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post October 13, 2011
Building shower base

What is available in learning how to build a shower base properly? Shower is in basement, would like to tile base and walls. thanks in advance....

Number of Responses 3 Date of Last Post August 13, 2011
venting a bathroom through ceiling vs. sidewall

We have the asbestos-based vermiculite insulation in our attic. While the jury is out on whether we should be removing it or not, we know we do not want to disturb it. We also need to vent our bathroom,...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post August 17, 2011
Bathroom Reno

We have a small bathroom at our existing cottage. We wish to replace the shower stall which is very small 30 x 30 with a shower base and wall panels. We would like to go durable but most economical. We wo...

Number of Responses 2 Date of Last Post August 9, 2011
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