There are thousands of different versions of "white." Ceiling white is generally a particularly "white" white. Ceiling paint typically is also ...
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YOU ARE USING TOO MUCH PAINT AND PRESSING TOO HARD ON THE ROLLER. I'm a little surprised nobody else pointed this out so far. Essentially, th...
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The only problem is trying to match the actual texture. You can get aerosol cans of texture at Home centers that work very well, or pump spray for...
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FYI, you will only create a huge, dusty mess for your entire family if you unnecessarily try to sand it off. It will sand off, but 1) it will be F...
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Relax. Joint compound comes off easily with just water: warm water does even better. You can wet it, first, let it soak, and scrape it off gently...
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Painted wallpaper is the same as wallpaper you need to score/perforate with a Paper Tiger: the holes will go through the paint and allow the solven...
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Do not paint over wallpaper that is already peeling. Your paint will only fall off as the wallpaper continues to fall off. You can spot-repair th...
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What you need is to bring the wood to a mill and have them mill it for you into interlocking planks with a smooth floor finish. Otherwise, you wil...
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There are scissors lifts, but they are expensive to rent. Erecting rented scaffolding inside the room would be the safest, most cost-effective way...
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When you say that it tints "dark," does that mean that they need to add more white tint to the mix? Or that they need to scale everything back? A...
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I am painting my bathroom. I recall that the sheen of the paint is not the only thing to consider. (More glossy, more water resistant and cleanab...
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Your best bet (consistent with the way wood floors have been maintained for centuries) is to wax the floor. No-wax cleaners and damp mopping only ...
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As for the conduit question, I used to live in Chicago and dealt with that Chicago Code requiring conduit for ALL electrical wiring, which is absol...
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There are too many factors to give you an answer. For absolute, optimal, stereophonic sound, you should configure this choice with the system you ...
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Half-outlet switches and unused ceiling light wires were the first things to come to mind. The other thing is that they might be three-way switche...
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The wires probably disconncted or the outlet went bad. The reason it does not interrupt the entire circuit is that electrical code requires that e...
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You might have the neutral wire connected to the fan switch instead of the hot wire going to the fan. The switch for the fan disconnects thus the ...
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What Tom O said. No offense intended, but adding a fuse box is something an electrician should generally do, especially if you do not know what pe...
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Green drywall is the same for painting as normal drywall. The green is not, say, a water-repellant dye in the outer paper. The green color merely...
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