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For door jambs with the metal spring strips, simply rub wax or bar soap on the metal. This will let the door slide easily during operation. For the rubber gasket type, I recommend polishing the rubber with floor wax, WD 40 or an ArmorAll type product as used on car...
Drywall, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
The brown paper you are seeing is probably the backing that held the sheets of tile together. This is common for the smaller tiles that are around an inch square. It aided in the speed of the installation. The mastic that holds the tile to the wall will be the next...
Flooring, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
A: Personally I prefer to have the tile installed before the cabinets when possible. Reasons:1. This method is safer for the cabinets, less chance of damage or scratches on the cabinets from moving tile around.2. Makes for a clean transition from the tile to cabinets,...
Doors, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
Sliding Closet Door Repair Putting a sliding door back on track can be easy – or difficult. The process involves tilting the doors toward you at an angle and lifting the door back onto the track above. The floor keeper on the bottom (usually center) of the door...
Foundation, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
This is the normal deterioration of the porous limestone from local quarries that have been used in our region. Water seeps into the porous stone face, expands when it freezes and pops the stone face off the block. This is called “spalling” and it is how Mother Nature...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Windows
Genesco Windows – 314-567-9175 – will repair your windows for you or provide you with repair parts. They can fix your windows or assist your own repair. I suggest you take a photograph to them and some measurements of the window. They can help you. If you...
Cleaning, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library, Plumbing
Sewer gas smell indicates a potentially serious health and safety threat. The simplest and more common solution to stop the smell is to pour water into the drains of all your plumbing fixtures to replace any water that has evaporated from your drain traps. Plumbing...
Cleaning, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
The white dust you describe may be from several sources and also may be a little bit from each. If there is any carpet in the house there will inevitably be dust from foot traffic which usually shows up as “white dust.” Opening the windows for spring and...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
This could be truss lift if you have roof trusses in the house. The ceiling can actually lift up off the wall and leave a gap, usually on an interior wall. Truss Lift can be very ugly and tends to return each winter according to the weather. If it is truss lift, I...
Drywall, General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
First, batt insulation is not to be installed over loose blown insulation because it smashes the air out of the spaces between the fibers, so the batts totally negate any effect of the loose insulation. Loose insulation can be applied over the batts but not the other...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
Train Traffic Vibrations to House The vibration is cause for concern but with little practical remedy.The threat to your house foundation is minor as long as the foundation is installed on solid soil and footings. A good poured concrete foundation with typical steel...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
Q: How do I properly store caulk? A: The proper way to store caulk – open or not yet opened – is in the upright position. Once opened, the caulk material is designed to cure with the presence of air, and an opened caulk tube lasts a short time depending...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
The answer is yes, the medicine cabinet and shelves affect the load bearing of the house if they require changing the wall studs in a load bearing wall. The simplest answer is the brief answer. Structural walls on two story homes are commonly the center wall running...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
I suggest using 1/2″ minus crushed limestone for your fence post installation instead of concrete. Pack it in the hole around the fence post, plumb up the fence post as you insert the crushed stone, then water the top of the stone at completion. The crushed...
General Construction & Repairs, Home Improvement Library
Your plan is a good one. I would also recommend turning off the water heater, but don’t drain it. Even if there is a power outage it would take a very long time for it to freeze (longer than most outages) It would also be a good idea to pour a little bit of RV...