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Painting Tiles
I have some ceramic tiles on my bathroom walls. Most of them are beige, with a smaller number of different-colored...
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Painting Stucco
I recently bought an old house that has a sprayed-on stucco ceiling, complete with small ridges and valleys. I know...
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Painted Steps
My outside steps are made of painted wood. During the winter, the steps are considerably slippery. I want to strip...
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Peeling Paint
I live in a wooden house that was built in 1815. In the six years I have lived there, I...
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Bleeding Knots
I moved into a house that was renovated by the previous owners. I think that they did not prime the...
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Cleaning Stains
I have had water leakage where the wall and the sliding door meet in my basement suite. My landlord sealed...
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Exterior Walls
My cottage has pressed hardboard exterior walls that are beginning to flake, particularly on the edges. With the exception of...
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Acrylic or Oil?
I have some wooden bookshelves on which I applied furniture oil. I want to paint the bookshelves, but I do...
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Painting on Wallpaper
Can I paint directly over existing wallpaper or must it first be removed? If I have to remove it, what...
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Safe Paint
I want to apply a paint that will brighten my son's bedroom. Since my son has a mild asthma condition...
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Heating and Addition
I have a cantilevered addition to my house that extends out about 60 cm (2 ft). In the winter, those...
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Window Condensation
I am having a problem with condensation on the windows in my living room. I have blinds over the windows...
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Basement Heating
I bought a house about two years ago. Over the last two winters I have found the temperature in the...
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Garage Heating-2
I have a detached garage that I use as a workshop. I use an electric heater to keep it warm...
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Heating and Flooring
In the winter, when the heat is on high, the cushioned flooring in my kitchen rises in a small area...
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Reducing Heat
I live in a semi-detached house where the first-floor bathroom is directly above the furnace in the basement. Both the...
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Asbestos
I recently bought a very old house. I am concerned that some of the insulation wrapped around the pipes leading...
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Garage Heating-1
I have a water heating system in my 10-year-old house. Can I heat the garage floor by installing hot-water pipes...
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Vapor Barriers
I have a layer of insulation with a vapor barrier in my attic. I want to add another layer of...
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Basement Insulation
The insulation in my basement runs only 75 cm (30 in.) down. I plan to finish the basement, which means...
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Installing Insulation
I have an old brick house that has been stripped of all walls except the outside brick wall and the...
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Old Insulation
The previous owners of our 80-year-old house had put insulation in the attic. Leaky shingles on the roof and a...
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Rigid-Foam Insulation-2
A year ago I built a detached garage next to my house, with a cement floor and 2x6 construction walls....
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Rigid-Foam Insulation-1
I installed an addition to my house this past summer using rigid foam panels. The end result is that where...
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Fiberglass Insulation
How can I get rid of the dirty marks around my floor registers without getting carried away with fancy furnace...
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Furnace Filters-2
My house was built in 1954 with brick exterior walls and plaster interior walls. The house is extremely cold in...
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Furnace Filters-1
I clean the electronic air filter for my furnace regularly in the dishwasher, but it never seems to work as...
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Fireplaces
I installed a new furnace in my town house last year. Since then I have noticed that cooking odors and...
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Wood Stoves
I want to use a wood stove as a primary heat source. Which stove gets the most heat out of...