The deck stain will penetrate better in acidic conditions, and when the wood pores are opened up, it is ready to receive a coat of new stain. A lower pH also darkens the wood, not allowing the true beauty of the wood to show. A simple fix to this is to use a deck brightener. My...
Finally, here’s a note about the images you use for your team members. Google has been known to disapprove of images that don’t show the elbow of the person in them. So make sure your headshot highlights at least that much of you. ...
Homeowner George Boisvert shows the vinyl siding of his house, covered in whiskey fungus, in Frankfort, Kentucky. He has to pay a contractor to have the whole exterior of the house cleaned every few years. Ivan COURONNE/AFP/Getty Images Some neighbors of the Jack Daniels distillery in Tennes...
Ducted-air HVAC systems use a series of delivery vents, in ceilings, floors, or walls, and then one or more return vents to return the air to the furnace/air conditioner. Unfortunately, our house was built in 1999 with a non-standard size a/c return vent, so the filters have to be ...
Our starter house, 22 years later (theology of place) I had no intentions of staying in this house for very long. In my mind, it was the guys’ place, where they had set up a weight room in the dining room and taped posters of pro athletes on the walls. My future husband, John,...
Lap work is my favorite needlework. I love to knit. Embroider. Hand stitch. Mend. Lately I have been taking things apart so I can harvest pieces of fabric to use elsewhere. I love to painstakingly pick out stitches and cleanup the bits of thread up with my lint roller. ...
If you use vinyl paint outside your house, you can forget about weather problems. The vinyl sidings or walls won’t fade or peel off. How long a vinyl paint will last on a surface depends on the class you pick. The sheen and silk vinyl paints are more durable than the matt ones. ...
— OPRAH WINFREY, on stage: “When a house is on fire, we don’t ask about the homeowner’s race or religion. … No, we just try to do the best we can to save them. And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out, too.” ...
Use the same hand to hold the gas pump. Then go in to the gas station, use their bathroom, wash your hands thoroughly, and use a paper towel to open the door (bring your own; they sometimes have air dryers instead of paper towels). We added hand sanitizer in the car and felt safe...
I got enough done on the DeSoto to be able to pull it out the shop under its own power and drive around the yard. I spent the last two months on a HUGE remodeling project on the house. Beautiful new front porch, new roof, sidewalk, siding, and windows in the house. The (almost...