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Can Your Wood Deck Survive Another Harsh Winter? :: How to Winterize a Wood Deck

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Unfortunately, when it comes to wood decking, poor maintenance can also pose a safety hazard. Dry rot, weakened ledger connections and failing footings can all contribute to deck collapse. Not to get...

by Dave Nichols

Winter Fence Maintenance :: Nursing Your Wood Fence Through a Cold, Hard Winter

There's a price to pay come spring when the sun reappears and sheds light on all of the deterioration your yard has experienced throughout the winter. This is especially true if you...

by Dave Nichols

Restoring Wood Windows || Working on the Framing at a Wood Window Repair

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And I am not kooky . . . really . . . like a Jehovah's Witness or anything, but I do believe that *every* day should be celebrated like every other day...

by jb bartkowiak

Stencil Designs in Decorating :: The Stencil Revival

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Stencil companies used to be synonymous with simple designs and borders. You know the ones I'm talking about. Chickens, hearts...the hideous unsophisticated borders with the tiny houses, butterflies or checkered squares...geez, I...

by Regina Garay

How To Install a Dimmer for a Table or Floor Lamp

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Dimmers also help conserve energy and save money on your utility bills. And they're incredibly easy to install. Plug-in foot-control floor lamp dimmers plug directly into the wall and contain a socket...

by Home Sweet Solutions

Removing Paint from Copper Counter Flashing

Paint Removal from Copper and Other Uses for Aluminum Foil :: Copper the Near Perfect Building Product

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An ode to the near perfect building material, Copper. Plus, incorporating a common household product into a home improvement task. Yes, the Reynold's Wrap I had grabbed slyly from the kitchen counter...

by jb bartkowiak

Removing Rust from Hardware that Cannot Be Removed :: Options

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I have worked rusty hinges with either steel wool and/or sandpaper. In extreme cases, I have even loaded up my detail sander and went at it that way. There are a few...

by jb bartkowiak

Restoring Hardware :: Common Reasons Hardware is Painted

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If you have lived in or worked on an old house, you probably know exactly what I mean. There is almost nothing that is more frustrating than having to work the paint...

by jb bartkowiak

Yellow shipping bolts on Frigidaire Affinity

Front Load Washer Vibration :: One Way to Fix the Walk and Dance

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My wife ran another load. This time, the machine, at approximately 20 minutes in, shook and shaked and vibrated the floor making its way back toward the wall and then out again....

by jb bartkowiak

Making a Bi-Fold Door :: Salvaged from a Solid Wood Door

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To make the bi-fold, I started by cutting my 30" (less a few fractions of inch from previous work) door in half. I did this by placing it on my temporarily work...

by jb bartkowiak

Happy Mother’s Day, Jen. Let’s Refinish the Mahogany Porch!

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We made arrangements to send the girls over to my mom's house this past weekend. For her, my mother, that's the best Mother's Day gift ever (who knew). This was good for...

by jb bartkowiak

Flipping the Hinges and Lockset on a Pre-Hung Door: A Door Layout Fix

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In a nutshell, Dave has a situation in the hallway leading from his foyer to his kitchen. The basement door and the door on the powder room, immediately opposing each other, both...

by jb bartkowiak