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dyne
May 9, 2003
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Ah, fixing all the plaster cracks was the absolute worst part of renovating my last house! I wish I had just torn out the walls and put up new drywall.

The best thing I did was make an air cleaner out of an old furnace blower I got for free. I built a wood box around it and stuck a pair of furnace filters on it, and it cut down on dust dramatically.

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dyne
May 9, 2003
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Jeherrin posted:

But removing load-bearing walls is FUN*! You get to play with Acro Props and everything!

*It was awful.

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Seriously, though. A beautiful open, airy staircase would be absolutely lovely, but please do your homework!

Oh its not that bad. I'm currently replacing a load bearing wall with a 16.5' steel beam.

dyne
May 9, 2003
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Sir Cornelius posted:

Definitely not something you do by just eyeballing it and "feeling good about it".

Certainly not. More than a third of the cost of putting our beam in is the structural engineers drawings and we still bought a heavier beam

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