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We are having new wood floors put in and were wondering what order things proceed. Do we put the floors down and have them finished before the walls are painted o...
We are having new wood floors put in and were wondering what order things proceed. Do we put the floors down and have them finished before the walls are painted o...
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answersI need help with painting a dark gray stone fireplace. I'm redecorating my 1950s ranch in a French country cottage style. The house is full of paneling, which I'm...
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answersWhat is the best way to clean Vinyl siding? Can i use a pressure washer and if so do I clean the siding with just plain old soap and water?
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answersI wanted to first say that I really enjoy this message board (& the old one too!), and would like to thank the regulars.Last night I was in the attic of my ra...
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answersI'm about to start a job that is going to involve a whole lot of paint stripping. I'm aware of the porter-cable power paint stripper, but I'm wondering about a pr...
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answersMy wife was taking wallpaper off the bathroom wall, and the drywall paper began tearing off also, leaving brown paper spots in a lot of places. Does this mean I h...
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answersI bought a condo a year ago. Lately, I've noticed lots of black marks on the ceilings and walls in places that I couldn't have knocked against. A handyman told ...
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answersI think we can handle the cleaning & painting of the paneling with all of the good advice from all of you. How though, can we either paint over or remove the...
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answersI am restoring an old 2000 sq.ft. tin ceiling. I have replaced all the badly rusted panels with new, that I had a tin smith duplicate. The remaining panels I have...
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answersI read a book on collage and one of the techniques is photocopy transfer. With a cotton ball, they dab cellulose thinner to the back side of the photocopy and tur...
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answersI am restoring a new house that has a lot of painted over and varnished over wookwork. Any recommendations on a heat gun and which temperature works best? Also,...
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answersMy ceiling is made of old Celotex tiles, but I want a textured acoustic ceiling. I know that I can tear out the tiles, install drywall, and then apply the texture...
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answersWe are having problems with drywall screws popping in the ceilings and interior walls of our year old new home and we have no idea why. Our home is built with st...
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answersI'm painting wooden paneled doors that have never been painted before. I'm using Paso, Benjamin Moore Underbody and 2 coats of BM oil. My problem is that on two...
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answersWher to place a border in bedroom. Want the room to appear high celing-ed. But I am concerned about hanging picture. Is it okay to intrerupt the border?
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answersI have 80 year old plaster walls with vinyl wallpaper. Tried scoring then DIF gel, only comes off in thin tiny strips. I have decided to try renting a steamer, ...
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answersLooking for resources to determine paint colors for interior of house built in 1900. Would like to restore to period color scheme.
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answersThe ceiling is 14' foot high in my stairwell and the ceiling line runs diagonally with the angle of the stairs so it maintains this height for most of the length ...
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answersMy house is about 80 years old the 20 or so layers of paint on the plaster has been cracking and flaking off in several areas. Is there any way I can remedy this...
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answersI am thinking about finishing my clear pine board & baton house (in the woods: partial sunshine) with a Clear Wood Finish. What will the siding look like 5-10...
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