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Usually carpeting is fastened to stairs using tack strips. These are boards resembling yardsticks with sharp tacks sticking up. If this is your case you just need to push the carpet back in so the tack strips can regrab the carpeting.
If the carpeting is glued to the stairs a little glue with s small carpet tack to hold it while it sets up may do the trick.
Franklyn
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I would think a toothbrush might be worth a try here. An electric toothbush could work faster too.
Franklyn
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No actually it is a political discussion about the far left being so huge that the mainstream just appears to be far right.
Franklyn
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Seeing that he is the spokesperson for Craftsman tools and Sears is the Store to buy them why does it come to anyone’s surprise that Sears has a big ad here.
After all this is the discussions.tommmymac.us Forum
My question is how many of you reading this forum have clicked on either ad?
Seeing that the ads irritate most of the users of this forum are these ads counterproductive?
Franklyn
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OK now I have two Soundproofing links on my website below “What does Indian Land have to do with wood floors?”
I’m not sure if sound proofing is one word or two so I have both ways covered now. ?:)
In case you’re wondering Indian Land doesn’t have anything to do with wood floors except that it puts my keywords on my site another time.
Franklyn
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I was just doing a job where when I did the hook up out of the box I noticed that they had used black electrical tape to wrap the white wire si ut was black. Is this a common practice and is it as good as painting the wire black?
Franklyn
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How can you even suggest such a thing?? (grin)
I would agree that you do need to put a layer of plywood under the cement board if you are going over the hardwood. Locating the joists under the flooring so that you are fastening the plywood thru the flooring and into the joists would also help.
The thinset under the cement board is to fill voids and not to bond the cement baord down which is why you use unmodified.
If you choose to take up the flooring you might find this site helpful.
http://woodfloorist.com/1/takeupflooring.html
Franklyn
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I just started here so it seems all the same to me.
It’s good that you have been busy working.
Some Redneck technical information:
Try moving your monitor 3 inches to the right!
Franklyn
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I do a lot of stairs. To refinish them I usually get all the finish off with a floor edger and then do the fine sanding with an orbital sander. For the nosing I use a sharp hand scraper and keep changing the angle on it and then sand it smooth with the orbital.
I also do repairs and installation of stairs. Is this bottom tread stringer to stringer or is it open on one or both ends. That’s important to know for replacement instructions.
Both Lowe’s and Home Depot sell treads and newel posts if they need to be replaced.
Franklyn
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How much would you have to spend in advertising to counter the negative things the customer is saying to her friends and neighbors by not replacing the fixture?
$200, $2000, or more?
How much would you have to pay for advertising to equal the benefit for all the good things she says to her friends and neighbors by replacing it?
As Mastercard would say “Priceless”
Franklyn
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I think laser levels are the same as everything else. You get what you pay for. I have seen some pretty good laser levels at the Depot that should do the job for your aunt without spending a fortune.
Home Depot also rents professional grade laser levels.
Usually I find that the do-it-yourselfers on my list find the shopping for new tools almost as much fun as using new tools. A Home Depot gift card works wonders for them and it cuts down on standing in long lines at the return desk just after Christmas with all the people returning laser levels among other things.
Franklyn
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The thing you really need to be concerned about in bathrooms is moisture. If your plaster is deteriorating it’s possible moisture has gotten into it and mold could develop.
Painting that moisture in could cause more peeling or mold developing
Franklyn
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Just regular fiberglass insulation is used in some the jobs I have worked on to dampen sound. Not only does it increase the amount of heat that actually gets to the vent by reducing heat loss but also reduces sound.
Franklyn
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As a floorman I deal a lot with figuring out how to get 220V for my drumsander.
I have a drumsander that is so old it actually doesn’t have a ground at all. The mass of steel that the machine is made out of IS the ground.
220V comes from having two 110 wires.
I once had a situation where I got to a job at night and the panel box was in the garage which was locked up with the contractors tools. Neither the stove wiring or dryer wiring was hot.
By understanding that there are two 110 bars coming into the curuit breaker box and that every other breaker is on the alternate bar I found a way to get 220V.
What I did is a plugged an extention cord into a 110 outlet. Using my electrical tester I determined which was the hot and which was the ground. Having the one prong of my tester in the hot, I went testing other outlets until I found one which was wired on the other bar and I had 220V to work with.
Franklyn
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Actually I have paint on my nylon jacket. I work around a lot of sloppy contractors and that jacket has now become my work jacket. I don’t wear my good leather jacket to work.
If I wanted to romove the paint I would first go to a dry cleaner. These people are experts on removing all kinds of things from all kinds of clothing. They are also a source of a lot of good FREE advice.
They might offer to remove the paint and give you a price as well.
Franklyn
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