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Hold onto the wood and drive a drywall screw into the wall above and below the hole into the wood. If the hole is too small to get your hand into, use a piece of the mesh tape to wrap around the wood to hold onto while you drive your screws. It’s all about working smarter, no...
Insert it through a fender washer (a circular metal washer) before driving it. It’s easiest to use square-drive or drywall screws and a power screwdriver or cordless power drill with the appropriate tip. You can also choose wood screws which are slightly less likely to break during installat...
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Step 8:Use a four-inch drywall knife to apply the first layer of joint compound over the tape. Allow the compound to dry overnight. Step 9:Smooth the dried compound with a hand-sanding pad fitted with a sanding screen. Step 10:Use an eight-inch knife to apply several skim coats of ...
To remove the top layer, find a corner and separate the top layer from the paper underneath. Then pull the vinyl away from the wall. Hopefully, you’ll be able to remove large chunks without the vinyl breaking. It’s likely this will not be a seamless process, however. As you would ...
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The first thing you want to do is give the spackling paste a place to go. Especially when you are filling screw or nail holes you may find that there is a burr around the hole. Take the corner of your hammer and gently tap the paper down until you have an indentation. Not too hard...
ll need a putty knife, scraper, bucket, sponge, and wallpaper remover solution. Begin by loosening a corner of the wallpaper with the putty knife. Gradually pull it away from the wall, using the scraper to assist. If the paper resists, spray the remover solution and wait a few minutes ...
Why? Because often there is some cold corner, under a sink cabinet, or in a drafty basement corner, where temperatures can fall far below the number set on the building thermostat. So we need to keep the building temperature at the thermostat high enough that the coldest spot in the buildi...