Home Depot sells home building and remodeling products. Home Depot also installs many of the products they sell. Sometimes the jobs go well and other times Home Depot customers have problems. The problem jobs generate Home Depot complaints.
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Door weatherstripping can stick to freshly painted doors. This can happen even if you let the paint dry overnight and it feels dry. Paint that feels dry and paint that is fully cured and hard are two different things.
Patching plaster walls is not too difficult depending upon the size of the holes being patched. The materials used to patch plaster are special. Drywall joint compound is not an acceptable patching material.
Reflective foil insulation really stops the movement of heat. This foil acts as a radiant barrier both in the summer and winter. The reflective barrier foil works best in the summer when the temperatures are higher.
Hurricane Katrina is presenting unique repair challenges when it comes to hardwood floor water damage, especially hardwood flooring installed on concrete slabs. Old hot-mopped asphalt is causing concerns for quality builders.
A door can fit poorly if the wall in which the door is hung is twisted. Doors are usually flat and the wall surface must also be flat for the door to meet evenly all along the edge of the jamb when the door is closed.
Dust control in the average home can be hard. There are many sources of dust. Paper, carpet, clothes, cardboard, flour, wood, etc. all can be sources of dust. Exterior wind-blown dust also enters through cracks and windows.
Doors can open and close on their own. You do not have to use a doorstop to solve this problem. A hammer can be used with some ingenuity.
How to install drywall the right way is a common question. Some people think there should be a gap between pieces when they install drywall.
Extensive remodeling may cost more than building a new home in certain cases. Adding multiple room additions and gutting all of the mechanicals can be very costly.
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