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Problem became pretty obvious when I pulled the shingles up today. Not sure why I thought this would survive on the corner. I wrapped the step flashing around but the water will just follow that corner and go right down the side wall and under the flashing where it can't dry. How should I have...

I currently have no gutters/downspouts where the water runs off into mulch. I did add gutters to the front of the house and the other side of the porch as the runoff was hitting concrete and soaking the siding. We have tons of trees around the house, including live oaks, which have thousands of...

Thanks for the pep-talk! I did use the individual 6x6 L shaped metal flashing pieces...one for each course of shingles.

All, Three years ago I built a lanai (screened in porch but with removable windows) addition, and we have been enjoying it. Last week I was mowing and noticed some staining on the corner of the roof. Today I started investigating and found some pretty bad water damage. The corner of the roof...

I just finished building a screened porch on the back of our place. The floor is a decorative slab, stamped/stained/cut to look like 24"x24" pieces of stone. When cutting the floor, the contractor used handheld concrete saws, and even an angle grinder to finish some of the cuts. The cuts are...

All, I am working on a screened in porch for the back of the house...Currently sitting at this stage: I am getting close to the point where I need to do the soffit and aluminum wrap on the fascia. In the past, whenever I built something, I would have a local metal shop bend up my metal for...

All, I have a large red oak in the front yard, about 30" diameter at chest height off the ground. The main trunk is a good 25' long, and straight. Long story short, the tree is dying due to pine beetles (according to one of the tree companies). I think what happened is that about 25% of the...

The existing panel in the garage? Or the existing Main Breaker box near the meter? Here is a block diagram of what I have in black, and what I would like to add in red. I would like to do what is on the left, as it will be a much simpler install. This would require another box to be added on...

I am planning on putting a subpanel in the garage at some point to run power to a yet-to-be-built shop out back. The current garage is attached and is where the current breaker box sits. My main breaker however is mounted outside near the panel in one of these: Eaton 2-Amp Enclosed 2-Pole...

He is adjusting for the flatness of the table by adjusting the wire up and down. There is another wire across the 2x2" steel square tube that is under high tension, ensuring it is flat. He adjusts the wire that he is traversing across the table to just barely touch this wire, establishing a...

I use sketchup for every large project, as well as some small ones. I laid out some picture frames quickly for some custom prints my wife ordered. It made cutting and sizing the stock very easy. I agree with learning to use components...it is a great tool. You will learn the shortcut keys...

Thanks for all the replies! To answer some questions, the slab will be 12' x 14'. Location is Charleston, SC...so no frost heaving worries. The house is on a slab...no basement. House was built on a large mound of heavy sand fill. there is a big BUT here though that I didn't mention in...

Hi All , I am about to start forming up a concrete slab at the back of the house for a screened in porch. I will likely hire the actual pour, and do all of the excavation, rebar, etc myself. How much slope should I have on the slab? Since it is covered, I was going to go with a very gentle...

I looked at the as-built again. Here is a snippet: According to this, we had 4x 30' drain lines originally. These were placed in 10' wide rock beds. So that would be about 120' The area between the two rock beds is what was dug up, and an additional 30' added, with a significantly thicker...

Update, finally.... The Septic company came out and did the fix prescribed by the engineering firm. What they ended up doing was digging up all the soil between the two drain lines. This turned out to be a 4' wide trench, about 30' long. The digging was mostly sand for the first 2-3 feet...