How To Reroute Bathroom Plumbing
It's necessary to re-route bathroom plumbing to accommodate a new design or layout. Learn the basics of installing new water feeds and drain lines according to code.
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How To Add A Basement Shower Without Breaking Concrete
Find out how to add a shower to your basement without breaking concrete. If there are no plumbing stubouts available, try installing an upflush drainage system.
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How Do I Know If A Toilet Wax Ring Is Bad?
Your toilet wax ring helps create a seal along the bottom of the toilet at the flange. Many wax rings outlast the toilets, but some have issues, such as drying or crumbling, which can cause leaking issues in your bathroom. Identify the signs of a bad wax ring to know when you need a replacement.
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How To Attach Tile To Drywall Above A Shower Surround
You can easily attach tile to drywall above a shower surround to create a finished look. The installed tile also adds an extra barrier at the top of the shower to protect the wall and prevent rotting.
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What Is The Easiest Way To Get A Heavy Object Up And Down Stairs?
Moving heavy objects up or down stairs without the right equipment can injure your back. Learn the proper techniques to protect your items and yourself.
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Tips On Having Drywall Compound Dry Faster
There is no single best way to dry drywall mud, but raising the temperature in the room and spreading thin coats both help. If you're really in a hurry, use setting-type joint compound, or hot mud. It takes skill and experience to apply correctly, but it can harden in 20 minutes to an hour.
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How To Find Exterior Wall Studs
Finding a stud inside the home is fairly easy with a stud finder, but exterior wall studs are a little more challenging. When you're attaching something to the exterior of your home you want to know where the studs are so you can install it securely. Use simple tricks to locate exterior wall studs.
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What Type Of Caulk Is Used When Caulking Your Sill Plate?
A house’s sill plate represents the transition between masonry and wood. Once the foundation forms are stripped, the sill plate fits directly on top of the concrete wall.
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How To Build A Narrow Wall
A typical residential wall consists of a floor plate, two ceiling plates, wall studs and 1/2-inch drywall to form a wall that’s 4 1/2 inches thick. A narrow wall is 2 to 2 1/2 inches thick, but it is not suitable as a load-bearing wall and local building codes might not allow it between bedrooms.
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Differences Between Wallboard, Drywall And Cement Board
Contemporary specialized construction materials greatly reduce the time and the skilled labor necessary to complete projects once entrusted to craftsmen. Sheet-type materials cover large areas, installing quickly and forming a base for the addition of paint, wallpaper or tile finish.
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How Thick Is The Floor Between Two Levels?
Once the drywall, carpeting and finish trim are in place, you can't see the framing that goes into the construction of a main or second story floor. Standard floor thickness, however, is substantial, in order to provide the strength necessary for bearing the weight of the walls, the ceiling and the roof.
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Second Floor House Framing Techniques
A second story house offers additional living space without the need for a larger foundation, leaving you with more room for recreation or gardening in your yard. Framers construct the second story floor system to match the layout of the main floor system.
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How Much Coverage Does One Box Of Vinyl Siding Cover?
Estimating how much siding you’ll need to complete your project can be confusing when you’re trying to figure out where you’ll have waste and where you’ll need to order extra. Vinyl siding comes in 12-foot-long strips that are about 1 foot wide, depending upon the style.
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The Thickness Of Sheetrock For A Ceiling
Drywall comes in large, flat, gypsum-core panels wrapped with a strong, paper skin. The panels, which are 4-feet wide, are available in lengths ranging from 8 to 16 feet. The panels are purchased in various thicknesses with the thinnest panels being the least expensive.
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Can Drywall Mud Be Applied On Wood?
The most common use for drywall joint compound, or “mud,” is to fill the joints between installed drywall panels to create smooth, flat walls. Not only is the mud valuable as a filler, it is a bonding agent that adheres to nearly any porous surface.
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Can I Put Corrugated Metal Over Drywall?
Corrugated metal panels are easily recognizable on sheds, barn roofs or building exteriors, where the metal helps protect the structure beneath from the elements. As a rustic or industrial design element, however, you can install the panels indoors, over drywall.
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What Type Of Sander For Hardwood Stairs?
Hardwood is the standard for classic wood stairs, because most hardwoods -- all commercial hardwoods -- are durable and can withstand heavy foot traffic. With numerous hardwood species to choose from, and an assortment of wood stain colors, you can achieve a custom look for your stair.
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When To Harvest Mullein Leaves
A large, upright plant from the figwort family, mullein (Verbascum Thapsus) is a biennial, meaning it grows two years in a row. The first year, the plant produces a leafy base; the second year, a single upright stalk emerges from the center of the base and produces a thick head of soft yellow blooms.
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Why Does My House Make Popping Noises?
Some houses are relatively quiet while others are downright talkative. **Popping, banging or creaking**, especially in the dead of the night, is startling -- but in most cases, those sounds are just your home’s reaction to temperature changes.
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How To Mud Over Wallpaper
Wallpaper brightens up a room and adds an element of style, unless you don’t like the pattern or the color. If you want a plain wall and you’ve tried in vain to strip off the old wallpaper, you may be able to mud over it.
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How To Sand A Fence
As Robert Frost wrote, “good fences make good neighbors,” but some fences require maintenance to keep their good looks. Wooden fences are aesthetically pleasing when stained or painted but, over time, the wood can weather, stain can fade and paint can peel. Before painting, you’ll need to sand off loose paint.
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How To Sand Grout
Grout is the mortar-like substance used to fill the joints between tiles. Once installed, grout requires very little maintenance. However, because it’s porous, if the grout was not sealed, it may absorb stains. In addition, the mason may not have smoothed all the grout lines and you may find a rough spot.
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How Does A Basement Floor Drain Work?
Basement floor drains serve the vital purpose of removing unwanted water in the basement. Not all floor drains connect to sewer systems, however.
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How To Sheetrock Around A Door Frame
Installing drywall panels offers a smooth interior surface that you can paint or texture for a finished look. Sheetrock is a brand of drywall panel, manufactured by the USG Corporation, in Canada.
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How To Find Who Built My House
Maybe you want to know what type of brick is on your porch or perhaps you want to ask the original contractor about adding an addition. But if you’re not the first owner of the house, you probably don’t know the builder’s name.
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How To Replace A Load-Bearing Wall With A Beam
Before replacing a wall with a load-bearing beam, make provisions to transfer the existing load safely to the foundation.
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How To Paint Concrete Steps
A new coat of paint can give concrete steps a splash of color and update the look of your entire house. But only specific types of paint are suitable for concrete so you may have to perform additional steps in order for the concrete to hold the paint.
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