I'm installing a 6ft rectangle drop-in Jacuzzi tub. The tub will rest on a wooden surround. The tub inself as a small 2' lip around the edge where in meets the surround. The surround will be laid with tile - both on the wall and around the tub lip where in meets the surround or frame. Should the...

I have a ranch style house in northern VA - strip footing with block perimeter walls at the basement level transitioning to wood frame with brick veneer for the first floor. Basement is a walk-out (i.e. below grade at the front of the house and at grade on the rear of the house). I am planning...

I'm turning a 6X7 patio door entrance into a closet. The difference between the slab and the patio entry slab is 5 inches. Is it OK to frame out the boarder of the slab at the patio, add structural wire and pour over the existing slab to equal the House slab height?

I am turning part of my carport into a new living room. I am going to pour a concrete slab about 4 inches thick over the existing carport floor which is a concrete slab. The existing slab has a few cracks, the largest of which is about an 1/8in. Wide and raised about an 1/8in. What would be the...

I am installing a new whirlpool tub in place of an existing conventional tub. The old sink drain terminates into a concrete slab. The new sink drain will be at least 2 feet from the old. What are my options? Is there anyway of tieing in the new drain into the old drain without taking up all the...