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Mounting a Tri-fold Bed in an Armoire?I am looking for the cheapest way to have a tri-folding bed come out of an armoire.

 

Identifying Weird Grey Balls Under the Boiler

Identifying Weird Grey Balls Under the Boiler?I was doing some painting around the house when I got to the boiler room and noticed a lot of grey balls under the boiler and I was wondering if they were spider eggs or something. I tried going to sites to identify them, but nothing was shown. I really hope someone can tell me what they are as I'm having trouble reaching them to get rid of them.

 

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Help Getting a Wheelchair Ramp?I live in Westland Michigan. My next door neighbor fell and had a stroke. She needs a wheelchair ramp and we do not have enough money to help. We can't find one that is affordable and we're not sure what to do.

 

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Wallpaper to Coordinate with Discontinued Graham and Brown?I am looking to match this old wallpaper. In my hallway at present it's up the stairs and landing. I am having some work done where one wall will have to be stripped, which is a long wall and can be a feature. I can't face stripping it all off. It's superfresco paintable I think, but can't find it anywhere. I am thinking of keeping it up my stairs, but don't know what to match it with.

 

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Locating a Consecutive Beeping Sound in My House?I am experiencing a beeping noise in my house. There are 3 consecutive beeps a pause and then it beeps again. This has been going on for 48 hours and I cannot find the cause?

 

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Installing Sunscreen Netting on Aluminum Carport?I would like to install sunscreen netting on the upright stanchions of the aluminum awning that shelters the driveway of my mobile home. Any ideas of how to do this? This would give me some privacy from my neighbors and keep the sun off my beautiful red car. You can see one of the stanchions in the picture, but there are actually four of them along the driveway.

 

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Sulfur Smell Coming from Well Water?I recently shocked my well and instead of smelling bleach as I ran it through the pipes I started to smell sulfur, is this normal?

 

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Best Adhesive for Gluing a Mirror to Glass Tiles?I am trying to glue a mirror to glass mosaic tiles and am getting the runaround from many sources.

 

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Best Glue for Updating a Cylinder Glass Block Bar?I'm trying to update my ugly old cylinder glass block bar and cover it up with something! Any ideas?

 

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Using Rubber Cement to Temporarily Adhere Peel and Stick Tile?I am a renter, and I hate the textured, dark-gray painted backsplash in the kitchen. I am considering putting up those "peel n stick" faux tiles, but they are not recommended for textured walls. My main concern is not that they won't stick, but that when I remove them after the lease that they will peel off the paint and even some drywall.

 

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Identifying a Recurring Beep in House?I have a soft beep at 9:55 am every single day in my home. I've spent weeks throwing breaker switches, changing out backup batteries, and still that soft beeping happens.

 

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Removing a Large Mirror Glued to the Wall?We have a large mirror on the wall in our bathroom. It is about 3 feet tall and 5 feet long. It is attached with glue or some kind of adhesive. Does anyone know how to remove it? Especially without having to break it?

 

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Milky Rusty Water from Well?I am having a very thick milky rust filling up in the toilets and now through the sinks! We are in SW Florida and have had a lot of heavy rain the last 2 days. We have never had this happen in the 25 years that we have been here. My softener has not worked in about a year. We just had a new pump put in.

 

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Covering a Tile Kitchen Countertop?So I have tile kitchen counter tops (not smooth). I would love to have flat surfaces on my counters. Is there a way to fill in between the tiles and cover it with something or would that be expensive?

 

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Removing Bubbles from Sealant on Painted Countertops?I've painted my Formica counter tops and after the sealant was dried I noticed it still had bubbles. How can I remove the bubbles? Do I sand and stain again?

 

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Home Repair Help for Low Income Family?A recent widow with a wheel chair handicapped son is in need of help. This family is in dire need of siding and windows. I would do love to know who or where I could turn to get them the help. We live in Mechanicsburg, Ohio.

 

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Remedy for a Well that Smells and Tastes Like Sulfur?I have a well. It smells and tastes like sulfur. I spent over $3000 at Culligan for a water softener and a hydrogen peroxide unit. Not only is the peroxide expensive I still smell it when I do laundry.You can't drink the water it tastes so bad. Then they say, oh you need an osmosis unit.

 

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Purifying Tap Water?What is best way to purify tap water?

 

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Assistance for Building a Wheelchair Ramp for Low Income Homeowner?My mom lives in Pennsylvania. She had a stroke and my sister needs a ramp to get into her house; they are very low income. Does anyone know where she might find assistance?

 

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Reconfiguring a Small Kitchen and Laundry Room?I'm buying a house and the kitchen is really small, 8ft x 11ft. I would like to remove a wall to open it up and reconfigure the space. Any ideas and tips would be great! I need the space to be functional and hold all of my kitchen items. I would also love for it to flow better/be more of an open area.

 

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Getting Rid Static Electricity from Metal Door Frames?Why is there so much static electricity around the metal door frames on my home? My daughter and I are both getting shocked even when barefoot and just sitting at the doorway of our home. This is happening at both the front and back door of our home.

 

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Camouflaging Ugly Dog Crates?I have 2 very ugly rather large dog crates residing in my family room. Any ideas to camouflage these would be great.

 

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Can You Stucco Over Paint?Can you stucco over paint?

 

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Self Stick Tiles Falling Off?I just installed a peel and stick backsplash in my kitchen and a few days later it's all falling off. How do I glue it to stay on? Help please.

 

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Temporary Fix for Rotten Egg Smelling Water?I'm visiting a friend with well water that smells like rotten eggs or sulphur. Whenever I've visited in the past, I've tried to tolerate the odor. It's now to the point that I can't even visit because of the strong smell, and the feeling that I have the same odor after bathing or washing my clothes.

 

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Keeping Rugs from Sliding and Curling on Carpet?What can I use to stop rugs slipping and curling on a carpet?

 

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Water Has a Rotten Egg Smell At Times?I purchased a house in April 2013. I purchased a new filter and softener system, as the water had a strong rotten egg smell. A year later I had the issue with the smell in the hot water, and I resolved it by changing the anode rod every 6 months. Now I started getting the rotten egg smell in cold water only.

 

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Laundromat with Sulfur Smelling Water?I'd like to know what I can do for the sulfur smelling water I have in my laundromat? We only have cold water in the laundromat and the water smells and it doesn't allow my fabric softener to give the clothes the smell it's supposed to in the washer or the dryer.

 

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Home Completion Help for Disabled Homeowner?We need help finishing our home. I was building it when I became disabled and am unable to complete the work. The home is like 70% complete or more, but I cannot finish it on a fixed income.

 

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Preventing Rugs from Slipping on Carpet?What can I use to cheaply keep rugs from slipping on a carpet?

 

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Temporarily Blocking View of Neighbor's Cluttered Back Yard?I live next door to someone who has a very cluttered backyard. I would like to entertain friends and family out back when summer comes, but the abundance of junk, that has been there for years, would instantly distract my company, and make everyone uncomfortable.

 

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Bed Doesn't Fit Through the Door?My family is going to paint my shared bedroom, but we can't find out of a way to get my bed out of the small door. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

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Water to House Smells Like Sulfur?I have one well with an apartment and a house sharing it. The water in the apartment is good with no odors. The water in the house smells of rotten eggs. Any suggestions? They both share the same pump as well.

 

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Sulphur Well Water?I live in an apartment with non filtered well water. The landlord says the water just hit a sulphur patch, but it is safe to drink. It smells like rotten eggs hot or cold. I have small children and I believe it is giving us stomach issues. Is there a way to boil my tap water to make it safe for drinking again?

 

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Finding Old Fireplace in Remodeled House?We moved into our home a year ago and were told there was a chimney for a fireplace. The house was built in '54 and has been remodeled. How can I figure out where it was without tearing out all of my drywall?

 

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Rug Slipping on Carpet?We have a runner leading into our living room. We bought the non-slip tape that you can get that attaches itself to the rug and then grips to the carpet, but that does not work for us. Our dog loves to run in that area (hence the rug), so we need something that will really keep it down.

 

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Preventing Rugs Slipping?I have tried using rubber shelf lining under my kitchen fatigue rugs. This doesn't work for me. Any other suggestions?

 

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Sound Proofing an Interior Wall?I am remodeling a home, splitting a 4th bedroom in half to make a bigger master bedroom and bigger living room. For sound dampening purposes, I'll put in R-19 bats in between the studs of the new wall, then cut strips of cardboard boxes attached stud to stud, then sheetrock, tape, mud, sand, texture, and paint.

 

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Keeping Rugs from Slipping?I bought some rubber shelf padding to put under the rug, it works good, but it is such a pain when I have to lift the rug to set my dishwasher in place. Is there a spray to put on the back of none slip rugs?

 

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Temporary Frame Color Change?I have a large mirror frame which I want to "paint" red for my kitchen. However, I want the red to be removable later to restore the original wood color. What paint can be "washed off"?

 

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Curtain Color Advice?I was wondering what curtains to put in my living room. The window is on an accent wall which is a plum. The other three walls in the living room are a cream color and furniture is olive green with plum accent pillows. Also was wondering about suggestions for an area rug color.

 

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Paint Advice for Daughter's Room?My glitter-fied 11 year old daughter's bedroom joins mine. I want to know if I can paint her room a different color, even though our rooms are connected (there is a door but no hallway).

 

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Home Repair for Low Income Families?I'm looking for help for my parents. My grandmother passed away in 1998 leaving my mother to take care of her handicapped daughter (my mother's sister). My parents got her an apartment which was damaged in the 2006 tornado in Caruthersville. She had to move because it wasn't safe to live there anymore.

 

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Home Repair Help for Low Income Person?I am handicapped, on a limited income and unable to repair my home. I need help. My home is falling apart and needs all kinds of repair.Where can I get help? I have no money for my repair work. I have bad a credit report.

 

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Using Recycled Water in a Humidifier?Can I use the discharged water from my high efficiency furnace in my humidifier? I've read it can have a higher acidity level than regular water.

 

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Paint Color Advice for Family Room?I have burgundy leather furniture with hardwood floors and a green area rug in my family room. What color paint would you recommend for the walls?

 

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Kitchen Paint Color Advice?My kitchen cabinets are medium oak with green counter tops. My floors are light to medium hardwood. What would be a good wall color?

 

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Cold Mobile Home?My mobile home is a 1992 with a garage. I have noticed the only room in the house that's even remotely warm is the small bathroom. I have shut down 3 rooms so far and it's still cold.

 

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Smelly Well Water?I live in Kalanki, Nepal. I have my own house. My well water was fine a couple of months ago. But now it smells really bad. When I smell it, I feel like vomiting. What should I do?

 

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Help With Home Repairs for Low Income Family?How can we get help with repairs? We are both on disability and do not have money to get things fixed.

 

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Home Repairs for Low Income Families?I am disabled and have a daughter. I also have two step kids. I need help getting my bathroom fixed.

 

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Inexpensive Driveway Ideas?Any ideas for a driveway? I read the one about the gravel which is great except that my driveway is on a slope and a good shower of rain would wash a lot of it to the road.

 

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Reducing Sulfur in Well Water?We live in Florida and have well water. The sulfur in the water is destroying all the piping in the house and our clothes. Is there are way to treat this?

 

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Making Room for the New Baby?I am a single mother of a 7 year old and have one on the way. I live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath mobile home and there is just not enough room for all the baby stuff. I really need help building a room onto my mobile home for my new baby.

 

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Finding Help for Family Needing Home Repair?My husband and I were handed my family home after a few years of my great grandmothers passing. As far as we knew the home was in decent condition with only minor repairs to be done. As we soon discovered, there was more to be done than we could afford.

 

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Removing a Nail from Wood?I drove a nail into a 2x4 on my picnic table top, but because the 2x4 was crooked it won't go in all the way. Even when I tried to sink it deeper, it didn't work. So I have to pull it out to drive a deck screw.

 

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Shutting Down Refrigerator in Vacation Home?We have a home in Florida where we stay for 5 months. It is closed for 7 months. I forgot to leave the refrigerator door open. Will there be a problem with the unit? It is not connected, no electricity in the house, and it is clean.Thank you.

 

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Frugal Ways to Humidify My House?I need frugal ways to get humidity in my house for sinus problems. Thank you all!

 

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Food in Cupboard Tastes Like Varnish?The food in my cupboard tastes like varnish. An open box of crackers takes on the taste of varnish even when the box is closed properly. The cupboards were put in new in 2006.

 

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Keeping Throw Rugs from Creeping on Carpet?We have carpet in our kitchen (I know, crazy!). We have throw rugs in front of the range and sink. How can we keep them from creeping on the carpet?

 

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Home Repair Help for Low Income Families?I am looking for help for my best friend and his mom. His mom is on disability and he is unable to work because he stays home to take care of her. They have a lot of incomplete home projects and the house is almost unlivable.

 

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Removing Rotten Egg Smell from Household Water?Is there a system that will remove the rotten egg smell from all of the water that comes into your house?

 

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Securing the Underpinning on a Mobile Home?Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep the underpinning on a mobile home secure in place? My chocolate lab puppy will not stop busting it in.

 

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Stripping Paint from Walls in Mobile Home?I have a mobile home that was build with the flowered wall panels on the walls, but the flowered walls have been painted over. So the question is how to remove the paint and go back to the flowered walls?

 

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Mildew Smell in Mobile Home?We bought a trailer house about 2 years ago and did a complete renovation on it. We tore out all subfloors, paneling, insulation, the works, and replaced it with new subfloor, insulation and drywall instead of paneling.

 

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Attaching a Hook to a Hollow Core Door?Presently we throw recycled newspaper, etc. into a cabinet in our kitchen. It takes up needed space. So I thought about putting some sort of frame with hooks on the back of our kitchen door to the basement to hang a plastic garbage bag. I am trying to figure out if this will work.

 

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Using Flecto Varathane Diamond Wood Finish?Can this oil based product be used on exterior wood?

 

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Keeping a Rug Runner from Sliding?I have a long rug runner over my wall to wall carpeting from my front door to my TV room to cut down on dirt being tracked into the house. The runner slides constantly. I tried a rubberized mat underneath, but it did not work. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

 

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Caulk Removal in Shower?What's the best way to remove caulk in a shower between the tile and aluminum glass frame so that the new caulk will seal completely?

 

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Varnishing Over Varnish?Is there a varnish I can paint over the dark varnish to make it very light without stripping or sanding?

 

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Creating an Outdoor Kitchen?Can I use regular kitchen cabinets and laminate countertop for my outdoor patio/lanai? It is slightly covered. I don't want to spend thousands on outdoor cabinets and thought this would be much cheaper.

 

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Removing Home Security Equipment?The prior owner had this system installed. I have not activated it and don't intend to. The problem is in my entrance closet is an ADT box containing wires. The box has come loose from the wall. The molly bolts came out and left holes in the wall. The box and contents are just dangling there.

 

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Winterizing a Vacant House?Do your have any hints for winterizing a home in Ohio due to wintering in Florida?

 

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Sulphur Smell in Well Water?I just purchased a rental property and the well water has a strong sulphur smell. My concern is that the house is old and the septic system is within 10 yards of well. Could the septic have compromised the well?

 

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What Type of Countertop Material Is This?I'm trying to find out if this countertop is granite or what it could be so I know how best to safely clean it (etc).

 

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Reviews of American Slip Meter?My brother-in-law needs to purchase an American Slip Meter for his business and would like any feedback that he can get about their performance. I appreciate the help everyone!

 

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Bathroom Ceiling Fan Suddenly Started Working?My new bathroom fan hasn't worked since I installed it and now all of a sudden it's working.

 

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Black Stains on Ceiling and Above Electrical Outlets?About 2-3 years ago we had a puff back with our furnace. I have been noticing the black on the ceilings and my husband kept telling me it was from my candles. I do burn a lot of them.

 

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Inexpensive Ideas for Driveway?I live in a mobilehome park and the owners don't want us to have asphalt driveways for plumbing reasons. Does anyone have an idea what I could use that isn't expensive to put down? Right now there are ruts and mud holes.

 

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Keeping Rug from Sliding on Hardwood?I have a large braided rug in front of my door, on the hard wood flooring. It keeps sliding around everywhere except where I want it to stay?

 

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Creating a Temporary Door To Divide Apartment?Some guys have an apartment and want to rent out the living room for $200 a month which is incredibly cheap; however, without a door it is inconvenient as well.

 

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Reducing Humidity Inside the House?I live in an area where there is constant high humidity. Inside the house it is on the average between 75% to 85% humidity as per my hygrometer. This is above normal and it is not good for the body. Is there anything I can do to lower the humidity levels inside the house? Thank you so much for your prompt response.

 

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Camouflaging a Beam on Vaulted Ceiling?We are updating our ceiling by drywalling over a wood beam. How much can we shorten the beam that is at the peak of our vaulted ceiling? We want to drywall over it and make it as unobvious as possible.

 

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Painting a Shower Floor?Do they make a spray paint for a shower floor?

 

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Removing Dried Grout on Tiles?How do you clean off dried up grout after have putting up new tiles for a backsplash. What happened is that we had a flood in the bath and went to fix it and left the grout without sponging it off. Now we have dried up grout we cannot take off the wall. Is there any way to get this off after it is hard and dried?

 

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Upgrading Tiled Countertops?Has anyone tried to upgrade 5 inch glazed countertops?

 

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Putting a Sticker on Glass?I purchased a sticker with peeling film, but it does not have any glue on it. Is there any way to fix this sticker on glass?

 

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Painting a Ceramic Tile Countertop?I have a tile countertop, are there any suggestions on painting? Can you paint it? The grout has had it and I can't afford a new one.

 

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Painting a Tiled Counter Top?Is there a method of filling in a grouted tile counter and then faux painting it?

 

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Updating Ceramic Countertops?I need to update my white ceramic counter tops. What can I do short of replacing them?

 

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Remedy for Condensation Buildup in My Ceiling?I have stains all over this year, on my ceiling; I have a mobile home. The weather this year has been cold, to warm, and back to really cold. The way my house is, that one side gets the direct sunlight.

 

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Loud Bathroom Fan?My husband installed a brand new fan in our powder room. He used the exact same model as the old one that quit working. The new fan is so loud that it hurts my ears. Is this a defective fan or is there some easy way to make it softer sounding?

 

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Reducing Noise from Children's Room in an Apartment?I am moving to an apartment (renting). Having 2 young boys and a baby I am worried about the noise they'll make for the downstairs neighbour. How can I insulate their room for noise? I don't want to be a bad neighbour and at the same time I don't want to prohibit my kids from playing.

 

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Remedy for Bad Tasting Water?I have a brand new side by side, with ice maker, and water in the door. From day 1 I have had bad tasting water. After 5 days, the tech changed the filter. The first day it was OK. Today I have the same problem. Sometimes the water is also bad from my faucet.

 

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Refreshing an Old Cedar Closet?How does one refresh an old cedar closet?

 

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Making a Self Contained Sink?How do you make a self contained sink if there is no running water available?

 

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Cheap Brackets for a Glass Shelf?I need brackets for a glass shelf that are not expensive. Can any one help? All I can find at Home Depot are just out of my budget. They start at $4.99 and up. Thanks.

 

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Remedy for Smelly Water? We have rotten egg water. When we wash our hair it still smells like the water does. Anyone have any ideas on how to get the smell out?

 

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Building a Block Planter on a Concrete Slab?I have a concrete slab and I want to build a block flower container in a square pattern on top of the slab. My question is do I have to use an adhesive to secure the blocks or can I put the mortar directly on the concrete and begin building the wall? Or other ideas?

 

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Building Inexpensive Retractable Window Awnings?How can I build inexpensive retractable window awnings?

 

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Safely Removing a Popcorn Ceiling?How do I determine whether asbestos is in my popcorn ceiling? We are planning to demo it and I want to be safe. Does anyone have a specific tip on how to safely demolish popcorn ceiling yourself? And how to determine if it has asbestos?

 

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What are Ceiling Tiles?I noticed a tip using ceiling tiles. Can someone please enlighten me as to what they are? I haven't a clue. Thank you.

 

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