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Oil Heating
I am thinking about buying a house that is heated with a propane heating system. If I do buy the...
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Protecting Wood-2
I live in a four-story split-level house. On the third floor the family room, office, and bathroom have wood ceilings...
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Varnish, Shellac or Varathane?
We moved into a house where the floors are covered in varnish, shellac, or varathane. We do not know which...
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Parquet Flooring-2
I have some parquet floors that are covered with wax. I want to remove the wax and varnish the wood....
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Squeaky Floors-2
The hardwood floors on the ground floor of my house squeak when anyone walks across them. The underside of the...
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Vinyl Flooring
I have vinyl flooring in my kitchen that is about seven years old. There are two large pieces with a...
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Carpets and Cigarette Burns
I moved into a house whose previous owners had installed wall-to-wall carpeting. I want to keep the carpeting, but there...
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Removing Carpeting
There is some wall-to-wall carpeting on the basement floor of my house. The carpeting is glued to the concrete floor...
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Removing Rubber Underlays
I removed a dirty old carpet that was left on the basement floor by the previous owners of my house....
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Dirty Carpeting
I have wall-to-wall carpeting on both the first and second floors of my house. The carpeting is light in color,...
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Filling Pinholes
I moved into a new house where there are tiny pinholes in the grout between the tiles around the bathtub....
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Cementing Floors
We have a stand-up shower stall in our basement, and would like to enlarge the shower space to run the...
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Installing Grab Bars
I want to install a grab bar on the wall along my bathtub. Behind the ceramic tiles are steel studs....
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Installing Ceramic Tiles-2
I want to install ceramic tiles on the concrete floor in my basement. Right now the concrete floor is coated...
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Installing Ceramic Tiles
I plan to install ceramic tiles in the hallway on the second floor of my house. I have heard conflicting...
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Lightening Wood Paneling
I have dark wood paneling in my basement. I don't want to replace it because it is in good condition,...
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Removing Nails From Concrete
I recently removed some old wood paneling that had been nailed to my basement walls. The wood paneling is removed,...
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Scratched Walls
I am living in a relatively new house. The wall in the vestibule has gathered a number of grooves and...
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Returning Cracks-2
There is a crack where two walls meet at a 90° angle in my bedroom. A year ago I filled...
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Returning Cracks-1
There are a number of cracks on the walls in my bedroom. I patched up the cracks last summer, but...
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Repairing Cracks
Our house was built in 1915. It has a number of cracks in the walls that run through several layers...
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Repairing Drywall
What is the best way to fix major dents and holes in plaster or drywall?
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Bathroom Tiles
How do I prevent the wallboard behind the bathroom tiles from swelling up?
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Attaching Drywall to I-Beams
I want to cover the main beam in the basement, which is a steel I-beam, with drywall. I don't know...
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Vapor and Air Barriers
I could never quite figure out where a vapor barrier should go, and now my renovator is talking to me...
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Cold Walls
My master bedroom is one of the coldest rooms in the house. The back wall of the closet in the...
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Mildew Corners
There are what appear to be water marks running down from the corners where the wall and ceiling meet in...
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Insulation And Stucco
I recently bought a 10-year-old house. A stucco wall runs from the basement ceiling halfway down the wall. I want...
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Covering Stucco With Vinyl
I have a 30-year-old house with stucco exterior walls. I want to cover the walls with vinyl siding, but I...