Spackle Seal up cracks around the house to keep pests out. The best way to stop pests from getting in your home is to block their entrance. Tiny cracks and spaces in walls, cabinets and the house foundation that look minutely small to you are a grand entrance for insects and rodents. Mi...
If you don’t have a drop cloth, you’ll have to vacuum your floor before painting to avoid kicking up any dust into your fresh paint job.[11] Method 2 Sealing and Priming the Area 1 Fill in cracks in concrete walls with hydraulic cement. If you have any gaps or cracks in your...
Because both concrete and the earth tend to move, concrete tilt-up panels will develop cracks. These cracks are not merely at the surface.They are not cosmetic. Rather, they crack through the entire thickness of the wall panel. Thus the mnemonic: “cookies crumble, concrete cracks.” We cal...
Wet walls in the house are not to be taken lightly. Even small amounts of water can cause considerable damage to the stability of your house. Dampness is a common problem for old buildings, but even new builds are affected by wet patches and condensation on the walls – especially if cons...
You can purchase many different types of caulk in cartridges and load them into your caulking gun.Loctite Polyseamseal All Purposeis designed for use with all kinds of indoor projects and bonds to almost any surface, including wood, concrete, metal, ceramic, drywall, plaster, and tiles. Once...
The century-old building we occupy in downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, has a foundation and walls that are thoroughly cracked. But cracking concrete has met its match, and you don’t have to be an engineer–Roman or otherwise– to fix the problem. Crack Repair, Start to Finish In the ...
If there is any evidence of a leak in the ice maker compartment, it should be repaired. Put a flashlight under it and examine the interior to see if there are any bright reflections. If this is the case, it indicates that cracks in the compartment wall must be repaired. ...
A vapor barrier is intended to keep water vapor or water molecules from passing through the barrier. Water vapor is a gas or "vapor". Plastic or polyethylene is a vapor barrier. The plastic sometimes used on the warm-side of building walls (on the wall interior under drywall in northern ...
Concrete Mixes Enter the size of the slab you want to build in square feet. The calculator will indicate the number of bags you will need to build a 4 inch or 6 inch slab. (all yields are approximate and do not allow for uneven substrate, waste, etc.) ...
Professional painters also suggest starting with a roller stroke that moves away from you. On walls, that means the first stroke should be up. If you roll down on the first stroke, the paint may puddle under the roller and run down the wall. In addition, be careful not to run the roll...