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Paul's Tile Inc
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Major Home Repairs (General Contractor)

Serving Southaven, MS and surrounding areas

In business since 1987

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"Excellent. These guys are the pros. They did such a beautiful job on tiling of a shower that I hired them for. I can’t give them enough praise. The work was done efficiently, professional and the people are absolutely great to work with. If I ever have a need for them, without hesitation I will only call Paul’s tile. The staff are very professional and easy to work with. The tiled shower literally sold the house!!! Pricing, their workers, staff and all Very good people!!!! 100 + stars Thank you very much"
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Unfinished Carpentry questions, answered by experts

It's possible to turn your carport into a living space, but there are additional factors to address over turning it into a garage. HVAC, plumbing, and electricity won't be optional, and you'll need finished flooring, drywall, trim work, and legal ceiling height, for starters. Also, keep in mind that living space conversions may require upgrading the foundation underneath, and the permits might be more expensive as well.

Costs depend on furniture type, size, complexity, and whether additional modifications are needed.

Joists do distribute their load to beams, but they don’t sit on top of the beams. Instead, home builders nail or screw the joists directly to the beams such that the end of the joist butts up against the edge of the beam. Beams can sit on other beams for support, but you’ll never see a joist sitting on top of a beam or another joist.

It’s sometimes safe to replace a load-bearing wall with a beam, but you need a structural engineer to sign off on the project. You’ll also likely have to upgrade to a steel I-beam or another material that’s stronger than wood to maintain the level of support you need without the wall underneath.

Most Cape Cod houses are two stories tall at the peak, although they’re considered one-and-a-half stories tall because the steep roof pitch cuts off a portion of the living space on the second story. Unless you raise the roof on your Cape Cod house to add a dormer, the interior rooms upstairs will lose some usable living space to the sloped ceilings.

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