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Insulation helps to improve the benefits of wall decoupling by dispersing some of the sound energy that permeates the adjacent drywall. When doing a new construction project or making renovations, add Quiet Batt® between the studs of your stairway walls to maximize all the benefits of its ...
For the past decade, Robert and I have hung quite a few gallery walls. And I have figured out a few tricks that work every single time (without resulting in Swiss cheese walls with a million “oopsie” nail holes). Whether you want to display a collection of family photos, a selection ...
In this case, the owner wanted to get involved in the project, and one of the high labor costs of building a deck is putting in the deck footings. The owner took on that part, so I had him dig just below the undisturbed soil. He formed the size of the footing for the deck based ...
Once everything was screwed into place, I realized with horror that the front wall needed to extend outwards on each side to be flush with the outsides of the side walls. So, I had to take the front wall back down and replace the top and bottom boards with longer ones. It didn’t...
stiles and would have made the job of painting easier. As it is, most everything has to be brushed or rolled with a mini-roller. We chose Ralph Lauren’s primer+paint. It worked great on the wood elements, but actually struggled to cover the existing Ralph Lauren tan on the walls....
Earthbag walls also exhibit high levels of thermal mass, which is the measure of a material's ability to absorb, store and transfer heat. Earthbag walls that are greater than 12 inches thick (0.3 m) exhibit the thermal flywheel effect. At the hottest time of the day, the walls will absor...
A walkout door could be similar to the window in cost or as much as $40,00, depending on the level of excavation required. Refinishing Stairs: The NAR/NARI basement conversion utilized the existing home stairway, but stairs in some unfinished basements may not be within the code for a ...
The real cost savings of straw bale building relate to energy efficiency. The straw bales, finished by plaster, have a high R-value. The R-value measures the insulation resistance of the wall; straw bale walls provide an incredible insulation that can easily keep heat in or out, depending ...
Some robot vacuums come with boundary strips that you can set at stairways, in front of kitchens, and in other places where you don’t want your robovac to go. Use these boundary markers around the furniture where your model is getting stuck, so it will know to avoid it. Set the strip...