DEAR TIM: I have a gorgeous white tile floor in my home. It’s a long story, but I dropped something and chipped a tile. I tried to hide it with a throw rug, but my wife caught me. To get out of the doghouse, I need to repair the tile. Do I have to take Read More »
What a difference a week makes! Last Sunday I taped the video: Why is My House Cold With the Heat On Go watch it. When I woke up this morning and was grinding my coffee beans with my inexpensive, yet powerful, Krups Grinder it was 40 F outdoors! That's a 47-degree DIFFERENCE in temperature from Read More »
If you're a new subscriber, when I make a mistake I send out something like this. The headline is something my son used to say when he was a little tyke after he'd drop something or break something. I was in a rush last night when I built the newsletter you received earlier this morning. Read More »
I had a troubling thing happen to me this week that you need to know about. I'm about to save you thousands of dollars in the future. A public relations (PR) person who I'll not name contacted me with the following message: "Hi Tim, Wondered if you might need a building expert who specializes in Read More »
We had record-breaking cold here in NH over the weekend. My Davis weather station sensor up on top of my garage roof transmitted to the interior dashboard panel that it was only -12F on Sunday morning. Yes, I know it was colder for some, but it was D * * * cold here. So cold Read More »
Tim Carter finishes the installation of a new vinyl window in an existing frame wall covered with fiber cement siding. Watch the entire four-part series to see how to create the hole in the wall with precision. Discover tips about remodeling from national award-winning master carpenter and builder Tim Carter.
Tim Carter demonstrates in this third video of the series how to cut out the wall sheathing and install the much needed sill flashing. The window install has been happening over a period of days and it's being done on a garage that has fiber cement siding for the exterior. Tim shows the importance of Read More »
DEAR TIM: I have a house wrap installed on my house over plywood sheathing. No clapboards are in place yet. I'm getting moisture behind the house wrap that is of concern to me. The product was installed at about 55 F, last October. The moisture appears in varying temperatures and also whether or not exposed Read More »
Tim Carter in this video explains why houses feel cold even when the furnace is operating properly. Tim explains some of the reasons for heat loss in his December 28, 2017 AsktheBuilder Newsletter. In his February 21, 2016 AsktheBuilder Announcement, he explains the perspective differences in temperatures. He has a 47 degree swing in one Read More »
Tim Carter demonstrates in this second video of a four-part series how to create the actual rough window opening. Tim has removed the drywall and starts to install the king studs that run from the wall top plate to the bottom plate. Then he shows how to install the header across the top of the Read More »
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