Here are some tips for using a left-bladed worm drive circular saw to cut deck joists @myfixituplife

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$How to make shower walls that look like wood but dont require sealer or stain This video is a part of our basement remodeling series where we use some tricks to manage budget, create a ONE OF ONE design. and provide our customer with dependable quality. In this video you will see ZERO: - Cement board, including lugging, cutting, installing; dust - Tapes, mesh or surfaces that need to be skimmed - Thinset, buckets, trowels that need to be stored, cleaned and stored and cleaned a gain - Tile, tile saw, or tile saw overspray - Grout, grout sponges - Time that could be spent doing other things What you will see is BUDGET, QUALITY and TIME overlap in a Venn Diagram of awesomeness for shower walls that integrate easily with a shower base or bathtub flange, wont leak, and that you dont have to finish if you dont want to. But can if you do. METHOD - We use 1-inch Acre by Modern-Mill deck boards and 4x8-foot 3/4-inch sheets along with our favorite Spax finish screws to create a cozy shower surround we install in hours, not days for a fraction of what a tile surround would cost. - We use a track saw to break down the sheets - We feverishly mark out possible plumbing interactions and stay well away from them with fasteners - We install a back-up moisture barriers behind the Acre panels to deal with water or steam that might get into the wall system - We use scraps to make a cool shower caddy RESULT - A fast-to-install, high-quality, good looking shower system than CAN be painted but does not HAVE to be painted - A 1-of-2 or more if you go this route - A DIY-able system - For contractors or DIYers - Something that can be installed in hours, not days - Basement bathroom budget friendly Presented by: Mark Clement Shot by: John Welsh Edited by: John Welsh 👉 For more DIY Tips and how-to, subscribe to MyFixitUpLife: https://www.youtube.com/user/myfixituplife?sub_confirmation=1 👉 To learn more about MyFixitUpLife with Mark & Theresa: http://linktr.ee/myfixituplife 👉For more about these stories:$