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Does Bathroom Reno Need Permits?
I am planning to renovate our ensuite bathroom, remove the bath and increase the size of the shower stall. Do I need to apply for permits to do this, or can I just do it?

2 X4's Warped
I have a bathroom I am remodeling and I have stripped the walls all the way to the 2 X4 's. I have found the 2 X 4's are warped, what is the easiest way to fix this without tearing out these warped 2 X4's since there is drywall behind them to another room?

Adding Second Story on House
I have a single story house with a slab foundation. I want to add on but can only go up because of space. What do I need to do to the foundation, walls to do this?

Addition to Brick Home
We are considering adding a room to the back of our 3 bedroom, 1 bath brick rancher. The smallest bedroom in the back of the house would be converted to a hallway to the addition, a walk in closet and a bathroom. The house now has a hip roof. What type of addition...

Amount of Sona Tubes To Use
We are adding a 16'x32' room on our house. We plan to use 1 foot diameter sona tubes, 4 feet down, so we have access under the structure. The 32' will run against the house and the 16' will be out. How many tubes and what placement should we use? Also, what cement...

Basement Half Bath
I would like to install a half bath in the basement, however, the sewer outlet is approx 5 feet high from the basement floor. What is involved in such an installation?

Basement Make Over
I like to do a complete basement make over and completion. How can I figure out the cost?

Basement Professionally Developed
We have a newly-built home and would like to have the basement professionally developed. This would entail furnace room framing/bathroom installed/closet built. There is one builder-developed bedroom down there, as well as insulation/moisture barrier on most of the...

Basement Renovation- Changing a Swimming Pool to a Family Room
We currently have a indoor swimming pool in our basement. We would like to cover the pool area and turn it into a family room. After taking out the pool liner we now have noticed that outside water is seeping through the cement. Do you have any recommendations on what...

Bathroom Renovation
Our bathroom has some very wild fluorescent oil based paintings done and we are wondering if should paint over or remove the drywall? If we remove the drywall from the walls do we have to do the ceiling (stipple) also?