| do it yourself home improvement | | What is or has been your biggest home improvement that you have done yourself?Mine,I started helping my mom and dad with their addition to their home,I drywalled and then painted everything for them.And that made my husband see that I knew how to do... | |
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| Confusing installation instructions. | | I bought a fluorescent light fixture. On the outside of the box it says "Ceiling light fixture" but when I went to install it, a sticker on the back of the fixture said "For wall mount only" in big red letters. Which do I believe?There is a... | |
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| Drywall over Drop Ceiling? | | My husband and I are finishing our basement. We would prefer to do drywall on the ceiling, but have heard it's more difficult than a drop ceiling. Any comments? | |
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| Preparing a house for the real estate market. | | My parents have had their house on the market for over a year and it is not selling. It is a nice house, well kept but in that low end of high end range. (if that is make sense). They do not want to drop their house out the luxury market range but... | |
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| How to remove wall paper and paint | | I'm trying to redo my room. I have to remove 20-year-old wallpaper. The wall paper's gone but the glue is still there with fibers of paper. I also have a problem with the paint under the wallpaper. It's the "chalky" kind. Will it be removed by paint... | |
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| Do you let your husband do home improvement projects? | | Would it be easier and go alot smoother if you just hired it done.My husband does most of ours, but I just hate it. He is nasty and if something doesn't go right, he throws things. It would be alot easier to hire it done. He makes me an... | |
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| My new windows. | | My dad got my husband and I new windows for Christmas (well my maturnal grandma paid for one). He's the plant manager at a window factory and got a really good deal on them and must have got a big bonus. He said he has always wanted to do... | |
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| Home improvment project Horror stories | | Ok, heres is my story. I was trying to stop the toilet bowl from leaking. So I replaced all the parts in the tank yesterday including the screws that secure it to the bowl. It still leak, so I got back to lowes and get a replacement for the pipe... | |
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