It's time to re-roof one of our MF buildings and I don't have any experience dealing with flat roofs with torch-on membranes.  The surface of the roof is ~5500 ft sq, and the building is in a cold climate (nice summer...

I have a flip which has about four inches of insulation in the attics. In flips do you typically add insulation as a selling point. Not sure if the return would be there for this activity and was wondering to do it o...

Just got to the point in the demo of this 1920s 1.5 story house, where I into the walls enough to see that this is a balloon framed house. My knowledge of house framing is based on how we do things today. I had never ...

I'm in the process of gut renovating a three family home -- looking into keeping the STC rating above 50, ideally 60 or higher between each of the levels of the three family. I have never done this but I know conventi...

Does anyone have any creative ideas regarding materials and/or construction techniques to avoid the plain vanilla vinyl skirting? I think I'll try painted 1"x6" boards with a 1" air gap because I have an abundance of ...

Recently purchased a 1,000 sq/ft 2br 1.5ba home. Finishing up on the interior remodel and it's looking really nice..

The exterior is all vinyl and has rock chips, and weed whacker marks all over the place.. Looks f...

Hey BP Community, First time flipper and I need your help! I have a house under contract I’m planning to flip and I’m about to close on. I bought the house (about 1500 sq ft) for 80k in the 30032 zip code of Decatur w...

Here is a question for you experienced rehabbers.  I'm working on a deal for a split victorian with two bedrooms connected by a small hallway in the former attic space.  The problem is they drywalled the entire area b...

I was recently having a debate with my friend @Ben Leybovich regarding the best decade for quality of construction. For these purposes lets disqualify anything 1990+ and limit it to the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. Newe...

I have no idea whether the house has it or not, but its really hard to tell since it can even be in the linoleum!I'm seen houses gutted right down to the skeleton, ive always wondered if this was to avoid a positive a...