In this newsletter, winter snow arrives in New Hampshire, some great reading books, time to check your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, a kitchen makeover in just days, meet me in Washington DC, my new Chimney Repair Checklist, a tip for snow removal from shovels, and a green survey request.
Can a chimney repair be done during cold temperatures? Masonry chimney repair is dicey during cold weather. Cold weather will affect the curing of the mortar. If it must be done, store bags of mortar mix or Portland cement inside for a day to get them to room temperature.
A certified home inspector recommended replacing the natural gas supply line on the water heater installation. Should the aluminum tubing be replaced with black iron pipe, corrugated stainless steel tubing or soft copper tubing?
If you are installing rigid foam insulation, be sure know your frost depth. Foam insulation panels applied to your foundation can insulate your basement. But if the form insulation doesn't go deep enough, the home foam insulation won't keep out the cold.
Cold air return vents should be in every room. The air vents should be located at the top of an interior wall. The supply vents are located in the floor to complete the air flow cycle.
There are a variety of garage floor treatments. Garage floor finishes can range from floor paint to epoxy garage floor sealers. But sometimes the right choice for a garage floor would be a plain concrete floor.
Marble cracks can develop if the marble flooring is placed directly on a concrete slab. A crack isolation membrane between the concrete and the marble tiles could have helped. Here is one way to repair cracked marble.
In this issue, will Kathy get her white Christmas in New Hampshire, LE Johnson on Twitter, meet me in Orlando for the Builders Show, dishwasher gasket tip, snow and snowblowers, got time to chat in Washington DC, a Christmas Grinch might be trying to spoil your computer and future plans.
In this issue, winter has arrived in New Hampshire, videos coming on my kitchen remodeling, live chat survey results, introducing a new DIY deicing salt eGuide, energy savings revisited, an email from Bob Kennedy, my latest videos and new columns.
Tim Carter shows what ice and water shield is on a new roof. This product will seal around the shingle nails and stop water leaks in your home.
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