These steel modular panels have holes like regular pegboard, but it uses these new fantastic pegboard hooks that interlock into vertical slots. So, when you put a tool on or take it off, the hooks do not come off. These are great pegboard accessories.
These steel peg board panels come in different sizes and they attach directly to your wall. The panels are about 1/2 inch thick and come with their own mounting screws.
Are you a sports fan that likes to show your team's colors? This new pegboard storage system comes in a full range of colors. So you can decorate your tool storage area in your favorite color.
This is an amazing system to get your tool area under control. Get this system and be able to find your tools quickly for your next project.
Clogged drains can be easy to clear if the drainpipes are designed properly. If you need to make a 90-degree bend, don't just do it with a standard elbow. It may be too hard to get a snake down past this hard bend. Instead, use a gentle bend elbow. The bend is larger to make it plumbing snake friendly.
Another option is to use two 45-degree elbows with a short section of pipe in between. The further apart the two elbows, the easier for the snake to get through.
To help with clogs in the future, when installing the drains, use a Y fitting and a 45-degree elbow. The Y fitting has the first part of the turn and the 45 degree elbow completes the turn. On the straight section of the Y, insert the clean-out fitting. Now you have access to the drain without having to disassemble any connections. Remove the clean out plug and you can gain access to the clogged drain.
Have a floor squeak that is driving you crazy? The floor squeak normally happens when the flooring is not held tightly against the floor joist. As you step on the loose board, it slides up and down on the nail. That is what causes the squeak. If the subfloor is exposed, screw it to the floor joists. Screws won't back out as easily as nails.
Locate a floor joist by driving a nail into the subflooring until you feel the nail hit the joist. Mark that spot, then find the other edge. Once both sides are found, draw a line the length of the floor. Then you can screw the subflooring down along the floor joist. Use 1-5/8" coarse thread drywall screws for the job, spaced about 4" on centers along the joist.
Tim Carter discusses the advantages of the cordless circular saws. They are lighter and don't have to have an electrical outlet available. Cordless saws are available in a variety of voltage options. Tim has both an 18 or 24 volt models. The higher the number, the more power the saw will have.
The cordless circular saw blade is normally smaller then their corded model. However, the 6-1/2" diameter saw blade is still big enough for cutting through those 2x4's and 2x6's.
They make great gifts. Or maybe yet, buy one for yourself. Cordless tools are the cutting edge.
Install the bottom rail, making sure it is level. Then, start installing the wainscoting panels and stiles. Start in the middle of the wall and work out to the ends. Once that is done, the top rail locks all these pieces together. Lastly, put on the cap molding and you are ready to finish your beautiful wall. Some companies offer the wainscotting prefinished in various natural wood finishes.
Installation is simple and easy. The finished project will be stable, solid and enhance any room.
Crown molding is not installed flat against the ceiling or the wall. Crown molding is installed at an angle. Unlike base board or door or window casing which are held flat in the miter saw, crown molding is held upside down. The shoulder and the foot must be flat against the saw's fence and the saw table.
Crown molding cutting is a piece of cake if the workpiece is held properly in the power saw. Try it, it will work for you.
Cutting crown molding is easy if you hold the molding in the miter saw the proper way. Regular door molding or baseboards are easy to cut because they go flat in the power saw. They fit flat against the wall.
Crown molding does not go flat against the wall or ceiling. It installs at an angle to both. Likewise, it has to be held that way in the miter box saw. The wall and ceiling meet at a 90 degree angle. The same way the saw table and saw fence meet. But for the cuts to be correct, the crown molding has to be upside down. Thus, the table represents the ceiling and the fence is the wall.
The crown molding installs with a gap behind it and this is the same gap that has to be created in the saw. Watch the Cutting Crown Molding Video for tips on cutting those inside and outside crown molding corners.
Almost all home improvement jobs will involve measuring. You have to measure to cut plywood, rough lumber, carpets, etc. For years, the tape measure was the standard for measuring up to 30 feet. Beyond that, you needed a tape rule. Some times on these long measurements, you need a helper to hold one end of the tape.
But with a new sonic measure, also called a digital tape measure, you can do these measurements by yourself. Just aim from one point to the next and it will give you a digital read out of the distance. It can also figure an area measurement which lets you know how many square feet of tile or hardwood flooring you will need. The volume of a room can be figured. This handy tool does all the math for you.
This device sends out an ultrasonic sound wave and measures the reflection back to itself. The tool has a small laser light to aid you in aiming the tool. The measurement is done with the sound waves. The measurement is from the bottom of the sonic tape measure. This is helpful so you can just place it against the wall and measure to the other side of the room.
If you are a tool freak, this sonic tape measure has to be in your toolbox.
You know my central vacuum cleaner is awonderful tool and it sucks a tremendous amount of air from the inside of myhouse and puts it outdoors. But whathappens how do I get that air backinside the house?
You may not have acentral vacuum in your home but I'll betyou there's a good chance you've got aclothes dryer, you might have a bathroomexhaust fan, how about a kitchen exhaustfan?
What about a gas water heater a gasfurnace maybe even a fireplace. All ofthose things when they operate theyconsume air out of your home and ifyou've got a home that's a modern onethat's built maybe within the lastfifteen years, they're very tight.
You canactually create a situation called backdrafting.
This is a handy item thatprovides the makeup air you need inyour home. It looks a lot like anoversized dryer vent. It has an intakearea that's on the outside of your home, but on the inside of the home, it has two pipes. One of these supplies air directlyinto the cold air return of your furnaceand the other one provides combustionair for your appliances.
Theseinexpensive makeup air units are vitalfor your home especially if it's a newer one that's built very tight the backdrafting that I talked about. It canhappen when you operate one of thosefans and you might actually pull carbonmonoxide back into your home downthrough a chimney. Don't let it happen toyou get one of these things as soon aspossible.
I'm Tim from AsktheBuilder.com. If you want to discover morehome-improvement tips, go to AsktheBuilder.com.
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