How to attach carpet tack strips to aged concrete
- 10.22.09
- Flooring, Carpet, Concrete, Home Repair tricks, Tack Strips
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Carpet tack strips are very easy to install if you are putting them on a wood floor. Not so on old concrete! There are tack strips made for concrete, they work very nicely on concrete that has not aged for 20+ years. Concrete is constantly curing during its lifetime, becoming harder and more brittle as [...]
Crooked Shed?
- 10.20.09
- Uncategorized, Construction, Home Repair tricks
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Just a quick post for today, but regardless a very important thing to remember. When you are building a shed, garage, house, or any other structure that must sit on a foundation. Make double certain that your foundation is solid, square, and level. If you build on a bad foundation, you are destined for a myriad [...]
Need to cut PVC but have no saw…
- 10.12.09
- Uncategorized, Construction, cut PVC, Home Repair tricks
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Do you have a piece of PVC pipe you need to cut and somehow arrived at your job with out a saw? Find a piece of Nylon twine about 24″ long, grip it on either end with your hands, and pull it in a back and forth motion on the PVC until you think you [...]










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