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    Aligning Cabinets With Plumbing Rough-ins

    Contributing editor Dave Holbrook shows how to precisely install a vanity cabinet by working from the centerline.

    2 MIN READ
    Layout information from the wall is transferred to vanity’s back panel, but in the opposite direction. Vertical centerlines of pipes are located by measuring from the reference, or benchmark, centerline. Horizontal centerlines are located by measuring from the cabinet height line.
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    Department of Labor Cites Georgia Contractor for Overtime Violations

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    Department of Labor Investigation Reveals Overtime Violations by Florida Contractor

    1 MIN READ
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    2018 RM550 Preview: How Employees Spend Their Time

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    Installing Asphalt Shingles

    The straight-up method of laying shingles offsets alternating courses 6 in. from a vertical line up the roof (half a tab width for metric shingles). The alignment of butt joints and cutouts in every other course, however, can cause premature weathering of surface granules.
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