Sometimes you do not need to build onto your home to gain an extra room. I am not referring to kicking out current residents, but renovating basement spaces. Your basement is a whole other open space in your home and it does not need to be left as a dark, dank space. It can be…
A self-tapping screw can drill it’s own hole. The design of the screw allows this with breaks in the thread on the screw to create sharp edges to cut the material away and create a thread in the material for the screw. The thread can be found externally and internally. The external thread would be…
As you can see from these photos, your roof can trap moisture which can cause significant damage to the wood. If warm air gets trapped between the roof and ceiling, condensation will build up causing the wood to rot and crumble. In order to prevent this condition, a continuous vapor barrier and thermal break must…
The fascia is the outside corner board on a cornice. The cornice found at the end of the eaves and is made up of the fascia and soffits. Besides being decorative, the fascia, along with the soffit encloses the overhang. It can also act as surface to fasten rain gutters to and protects the ends…