Recent content by tasfalen

We have a mudroom off of our kitchen, on our main floor (above a full-height basement). I’ve stripped the old vinyl flooring off the floor in the mudroom, and would like to raise the floor 4 inches – to meet the hardwood floor in the kitchen – and probably tile. Is there a convenient way...

Thanks for the discussion. Jimbo, FYI heat pumps are extremely common here. We have a friend who's trained and licensed and has been installing them in the area for 20 years, unfortunately, he's TOO busy! It rarely goes below 5 degrees (we're like the San Diego of Canada) and when it does he...

New to this forum, first post, so please bear with me. Took some forum advice from here last year on toilets and it was fantastic! Background: we have an old (1939) home, technically 1-level but it has a fully finished full-height basement. It's our first home. We're using oil, and there...