Recent content by mopower440

well, i replaced a few shingles on the roof that were bad. what do i buy to re-stick the old shingles? Some of them dont want to stick very good.. thanks

Dont have a clue what to do. I have a double wide mobil home, bought it BRAND NEW in 2000. The roof is OSB with 30 year shingles on it. The ceilings are not flat, they run upward like the roof does.( not sure what you call that) The ceilings are 1/4 inch sheetrock. I noticed in the spare bedroom...

My gravel driveway is being overtaken by grass and weeds, i cant afford to keep buying this hight price grass killer that only lasts about 2 weeks..lol..does anyone have any home remedies that might want to share with me? It looks so bad and im tired of spending 2 hours weed eating my driveway...

well, got the shop built but it will be next year before i get power to it, i want to put a security light over the garage door to light up the area because it is really dark around there, do they make a solar powered security light that would mount over the garage door and come on at dark and...

And here are the long awaited pics of my almost completed pole barn for you guys that helped me and that also dont beleive me Now, there you have it, i am proud of it, think it looks quite good and will look better when i get the sofft/fascia and the corner trim on it..then its time to wire...

been a while since ive posted, been working on the pole barn, its almost done, all i have left is to install the corner trim and the fascia/soffit, then the electric! It looks pretty darn good, had my dad over today and helped me install the overhead door, so far, ive done everything including...

i bought a stanley 36" wide brick mold door to install in the pole barn, in the directions they say to caulk between the dor and the RO, so i need to go to the hardware store and get the caulking but they dont say exactly what to use, any help on that? also, says the door is in primer and must...

putting a 16x7 garage door in the pole building and am trying to find that trim that goes around the door opening, its pretty much an L-channel that is about 7-8" wide on the big part and then comes out around the edge like J-channel, but where do you find it? Ive been to lowes and home depot...

getting ready to put up the metal siding on the gable end walls, wondering how to mark the metal to get the correct slope where it meets the roof? If the roof didnt have an overhang, i would just hold the siding up there and get on the roof and trace a line to the roof line, but i have an...

wondering about something here, you know how the metal used in a pole barn has the raised ribs in it, well, where the metal attached to the skirt board, there will be those ridges every 9 inches or so, what do you people do to keep pests from getting in the building by going through these...

as you all know, im in the process of building a 24x30 pole building, using metal siding. I was picking up a few 2x4's lying around beside the building and noticed there were termites all over the 2x4's and they were definately eating away at it! What in heck do you do about the posts that are...

UPDATE: We Finally poured some concrete today, we divided the building in half and did one half of it, it turned out absolutely great! Im very happy with the results, it was a little work but it payed off, glad we did it ourselves..

weather is nice and i need to be getting this thing done, time to get siding, windows and doors and corner trim and the J channel, i have 2 questions im not real sure about: 1.) I found some nice windows at lowes i would like to use, but they are replacement windows, can i still use them? 2.)...

wondering which is better for siding..the front side seems to look the same on both products, but the back side of the smart siding is OSB rather than plywood like the T1-11, anyone know wich would be better for siding? I know ive heard that the T1-11 soaks up paint like a sponge and therefore...

getting ready to spread some gravel from the driveway to the pole barn im building, as it is, i have a heck of a time with grass growing up through the gravel driveway, what can i use to kill off the big area im getting ready to gravel so i wont have to deal with this? I know roundup works but...