Install Plumbing Vent Flashing Metal Roof
Install Plumbing Vent Flashing Metal Roof - Easy to Do Watch this video. If you have questions, I can answer them on the phone for you. CLICK or TAP HERE to set up the call.
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Repair Handrail in Concrete With Epoxy
Repair Handrail in Concrete and Brick Podcast: Tim Carter talks with Bob in New York about how to repair his metal handrail that's loose on his exterior brick wall. It's important to realize Tim made this exact repair at a friend's house in Los Angeles a few years ago. Tim suggested to Bob that he […]
Sewer Gas Smell Vent Pipe Video
Sewer Gas Smell Vent Pipe - Odor Source Sewer gas smell can be pulled from a rooftop plumbing vent pipe as the wind blows across it. This is known as the venturi effect and you should have been introduced to this law of physics in high school. That said, you could have been sick that […]
Water Christmas Tree Away Video
Water Christmas Tree Away | It's so Very Easy! You can use a smartphone, a smart plug, a submersible fountain pump, and a little common sense to water your Christmas tree while you're away from your home. You can use this same method to water plants in window flower boxes if you can't be at […]
Installation Noritz Boiler
Installation Noritz Boiler - NRCB Combi Boiler I had the great pleasure to install a Noritz NRCB Combi Boiler in my daughter's new home in November of 2019. Read the backstory in my November 24, 2019 Newsletter. Modulating Magic One of the main reasons I love this Noritz Combi boiler is that it's a modulating […]
Attic Trusses Design
This video shows you just about all you need to know about attic trusses. In case you do have questions, PLEASE click the two links just below and read my past columns about attic trusses. That saves me from typing the answer twice. Attic Trusses Column #1 Attic Trusses Column #2 The #2 column […]
Water Armor Shower Arm Installation Fitting
Water Armor Shower Arm Installation Fitting Did you ever wonder how that chrome gooseneck shower arm connects to the water line behind the wall? Well, wonder no more and get a made-in-the-USA Water Armor shower arm fitting! Here's a screenshot of the above video. If you want to watch the video, CLICK the image ABOVE […]
Prefabricated Wall Panels Video
Prefabricated Wall Panels Tim Carter talks about the wonder of prefabricated wall panels. These panels are built in a factory and are assembled FAST on the job site. Floor trusses vs floor joists should be on your mind too.
Centrotherm Innoflue Vent Pipe
Centrotherm Innoflue Vent Pipe This column was SO GOOD that I shared with the 31,000 subscribers who read my May 27, 2019 AsktheBuilder Newsletter. In the January 17, 2021 AsktheBuilder Newsletter, Tim shares Larry's concern about polypropylene pipe.
Install Radiant Heat Under Wood Floor 24 Inches OC
Installing Radiant Heat Tubing Tim Carter shows the complex method of looping Uponor hePEX tubing in between framing that's 24 inches on center. Three heat transfer plates are in each truss bay, not two.
