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A previous owner of our 1890s home tried to tuck point the entire 6 ft tall by 40 ft long back (walk out from the basement) wall of our beautiful limestone foundation with bags of concrete mixture and covered over alot of limestone areas. It looks like a concrete sculpture in most areas. I hate to s...
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A while ago I came across some plans on how to build a bathtub from concrete. Seemed very interesting. I will look again and see if I can find them.
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If the powdery substance is white it is probably lime from the mortar/concrete. This can happen when its wet on the other side. Should be nothing to worry about.
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have a 9 foot concrete lighthouse needing repair.need to know best way to place a new coating, formula, thickness etc. mitch
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What about skim coating with durabond plaster such as durabond 90 or 40. It dries like concrete and looks like the old plastering, its actually plastering. Takes some skill though. Replastered all of my ceilings and walls with durabond, first grinding all the cracks and lines.
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Call a plumber, really. You need a pump to get the waste up to the drain or look into up flush toilets ! Either way, just open your wallet ! I assume your floor is concrete so the floor has to removed, a hole dug for the pump, etc. Install regular toilet 3 higher than normal and put sign on door, Fo...
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Julia I am a Historical Restoration Contractor and I am here in Michigan. Most likely the addition was done to acoomodate modern conveniences and so it would be a reasonable guestimate that the addition was done ealry 20s to early 30s. We normally get a rough determination by when the city went to a...
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I purchased an home in Mount Joy, Pa to which I have old deeds to. The oldest one dates to October, 1862 when it was sold. I do not know how old it actually is though. My basement is a stone foundation. Somewhere along the line somebody covered all the stone with what looks to be a plaster or concre...
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It depends, im assuming the floor is concrete, if so then remove the paint,then clean etch the existing floor, remove the drains,insert PVC pipe into drain holes to 24 above existing grade,cap off PVC. using a transet or 6 level mark your new height around perimeter ( go at least 2 above highest exi...
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Im trying to find a source for house skirting. My home is 123 years old. It is approximately 10 off the ground. I am having no luck locating a source for metal ventilated skirting. I have an idea that I might could use HardiPlank ventilated soffitt! Can anyone tell me if it would work. It is already...
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