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Category Archives: Walls
Repairing Wallpaper that is Lifting
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Your wallpaper may begin to lift at the corners when it is exposed to liquid or when it just begins to get older. This unsightly problem can be easily repaired by using a special adhesive that can be found and … Continue reading
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Repairing Drywall Damage From Molly Screws
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There have been many times when we have accidentally damaged our walls by innocently pulling out a hook or a poster. Then, there’s that dreadful and sad spot left on the wall waiting to be covered; more like a naked … Continue reading
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Repairing Cracked Concrete on a Garage Floor
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A cracked concrete is not nice to have around for a long time. It could have happened due to some accidents or a natural disaster, but a cracked concrete should be fixed. There are many ways to fix a cracked … Continue reading
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Attaching a Storage Shelf to a Wall
Attaching A Storage Shelf To A Wall Wall shelves could help you for the needed storage in your room if you don\’t prefer to use floor-standing shelving unit. You could find ready-made wall storage shelves at any home improvement stores … Continue reading
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Getting Rid of Different Types of Wallpapers
Wallpaper Steamer, Stripper and More Decorating our walls with different wallpapers is fun, and removing the wallpapers can be fun too, depending how you see it. Taking out wallpaper is definitely not an easy task especially if the wallpaper is … Continue reading
Posted in Decorations, Home Improvement, Wallpapers, Walls
Painting plaster walls
Paint Plaster Walls Plaster has been around for a long time now. It was commonly used in homes a very long time back. Some say that plaster was used as far as in the 1950s. May people like it then … Continue reading
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Covering up a hole in your wall
Every now and then, our house walls need to support pictures or heavy shelves, hits from moving furniture, and vigorously propelled toys, and in the end it causes unwanted holes to appear on the walls. Most of the time, the … Continue reading
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Building a wall block using concrete
Some times when you think you can build a wall block by yourself, think again because it is better to do it with the help of friends rather than doing it alone. It looks like a simple task to work … Continue reading
Posted in Building and Remodeling, Home Improvement, Outdoors, Walls
Installing a Wall Fan
A wall fan is used because of the limited space either in your bedroom, warehouses, factories or small office store, plus it is also being used for cooling, ventilation and exhaust. The wall fan takes up little space in a … Continue reading
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Plaster Wall Repair – Corners
Repairing chipped plastered corners Modern plastered external corners usually incorporate a metal corner strip and are so protected from damage. However, in older properties external corners were often made using render and plaster alone and can suffer damage from … Continue reading
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Plasterwall Repair – Cracks
Internal plaster walls and ceilings often develop small cracks over time, these are not normally serious although it is worth knowing what to look for with cracks in walls to indicate when professional advice is worthwhile, if only for peace … Continue reading
Posted in Plasterboard
Plaster Wall Repair
When making any repair to plaster, the same type of materials, or similar, to the original construction should be used. Different materials (i.e. lime or cement) have different hardness etc which, if mixed, will lead to a repair failing. The … Continue reading
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Plasterboard Installation
Installing wall boards for plaster wall works in almost the same way as it does when installing drywall. It is more economical and easier to use all 6 meter long sheet to cut walls from especially any job over 200 … Continue reading
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Plasterboard Applying Plaster
There are several types of plasters that you can use available in the market when applying plaster after installing the wallboards. You can either mix plaster of paris or purchase roll-on plasters (which is more suitable for DIY enthusiast) which … Continue reading
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Taping Plasterboard Joins
When taping plasterboard joins, always cut plasterboard tapes to the length required, do not go around corners. Once base coast has set (but not dry) use an 8 inch joint knife to scrape any excess material from the join. Leaving … Continue reading
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