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Extra mortar spilled behind brick veneer walls has caused many a moisture woe because the mortar can block weep holes. To cover all bases, clever masons will install a piece of rope that runs behind the brick and out through a weep hole at the base of the wall.
The company is introducing the RFPI 40 and RFPI 20 I-joists as part of its framing system. The RFPI 40 features a wide 25/16-inch LVL flange with eased edges that provides more nailing surface and adds stability.
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The treated wood industry has agreed to voluntarily phase out lumber preserved with chromated copper arsenate (CCA), a compound containing the carcinogen arsenic, for "virtually all residential uses," EPA Administrator Christine Whitman announced in February. A flier produced by the Healthy...