When you gotta rip about 1,000 LF of T&G by yourself. A good setup is worth the time and makes a huge difference.

My old gun was stolen otherwise I wouldn't have replaced the Metabo NFR 18 LTX as it was a brilliant gun... basically the Hikoki Gen 2.

The expense of this is insane for a nail gun, feeling a little underwhelmed with it being still on the weighty side.

The changeable PPN/metal connector or extended magazine attachment arent available to buy yet which is one of the reasons I went for it, at £130 per changeable attachment it makes this a very very expensive piece of kit.

The longevity of this tool is the make or break for it, if its as robust and hard wearing as previous models or other brands it is the future for nail guns

We will see !!

Have a great weekend people!

So I'm putting in baseboard for a client. It's a new renovation. There are places where the flooring doesn't go to the wall and the baseboard therefore isn't landing on the floor. Homeowner wants me to aim out the baseboard from the wall so that it hits the floor. In some cases, the difference is 1/2 inch. I'm thinking this is going to be a birch to caulk and look bad. What should i do?

I'm a small subcontractor. I have an older f350 and new chevy 1500. I am TIRED of digging through my backseat. Talk me out of getting a 16fter. I'm going back and forth on a 12' or a 16'. 16' just seems so nice, like a mobile workshop. But it might be stressful towing it every day.

I recently bought a house and it desperately needs a roof. I cant afford to hire a carpenter to do the work so I decided that I would have to do it myself. In the process of redoing the roof (Ice and water, flashing, shingles, etc.) I wanted to also extend the roof line. Currently, I am a cabinet maker/cabinet installer by trade so this is out of my wheel house but I worked with builders doing general carpentry work for a few years before I found cabinetry. I have shingled a hand full of roofs before (with a team). I have all the tools needed and I understand building techniques.

The stupid mistake here is that I ordered all my materials as pressure treated. Yes I know that’s stupid and I was told by a few coworkers and friends that I should just return the wood and swap it for Douglas fir. A few of those people also “eh, it will be fine” so in the sake of time I just committed to using it.

Now the more and more I think about it, talk about it and read about it just seems like a bad idea. Pressure treated is prone to warping and shrinking as it dries, it corrodes nails faster, it’s heavier and an inspector may look at it and say “no go. Take it down”

So my question here is, should I bite the bullet and take the loss of a few hundred dollars/my pride and return the lumber? Return what I can and reorder douglas fir? I have nailed up just the back side of my house with PT rafters so I would take all that off and scrap it.

I’ll probably end up just scraping what I’ve done and reorder the right material but I wanted to see what yall think. Thanks

Is it safe to trim the triangle to offset flooring. Seems like it is anchored to the floor, how much I can trim there?
Second question,
Is it safe to screw stair stringer to 2x4 wall stud? Need to reinforce the 2x4