Thread: home improvement and maintenance

QUOTE(GalPalJoan @ Aug 25 2009, 12:26 PM) QUOTE(splinky @ Aug 24 2009, 06:46 PM) GPJ's kitchen Apparently you haven't seen it since I added this little beauty: i've always said that you have an eye for decorating. i finally got around to sanding my replacement wall. now i need to prime the wall. why don't "they" sell small cans of primer? sometimes you don't need a...

QUOTE(Abbylovi @ Aug 25 2009, 02:25 PM) Nobody asked but...on the advice of my friend who used to work for Janovic, I don't prime when I paint walls. nor does mrs. jones, and she's painted the complete interior walls of both of our houses.

QUOTE(splinky @ Aug 25 2009, 03:26 PM) QUOTE(Abbylovi @ Aug 25 2009, 03:25 PM) Nobody asked but...on the advice of my friend who used to work for Janovic, I don't prime when I paint walls. even a new plaster wall? Oh that I don't know. Is it not going to stick to the plaster or something? Why would you prime a new plaster wall?

I almost always prime painted walls with stain-blocking primer. But I'm unusual.

QUOTE(Blondie @ Aug 25 2009, 12:39 PM) I think the fresh plaster might absorb a ton of paint of it's not primed first. But she likes the drama.

QUOTE(robyn @ Aug 5 2009, 10:52 PM) One word of caution. I am kind of a design nut - and when I did the place we had before our current place (a high rise condo in Miami) - I put in all European plumbing. Very cool looking. Very unreliable. When I had to rip out a wall and a lot of tile to replace a part that failed (after about 4 years) - I said "never again". So when we built this house in 1996 - it was...

QUOTE(SLBunge @ Aug 3 2009, 01:39 PM) QUOTE(Abbylovi @ Aug 3 2009, 11:35 AM) It's become more complicated than I thought. I figured I could walk into Lowes, buy a dishwasher and have them hook it up. But since there's never been a dishwasher in my unit, they'll essentially only drop it off. I'd be installing the washer in a cabinet so I don't know if I need to call a plumber, general...

QUOTE(prasantrin @ Aug 5 2009, 11:03 PM) I love love love my Toto Washlet (all-in-one toilet/bidet/heated toilet seat)! Mine doesn't have a drier or a powerful deodorizer or back and forth massager, but it's definitely one of the things I'll miss most about Japan. My mother loves it, too, but that's because she grew up with bidets and she really misses having one in Canada. Our hotels had the...

QUOTE(mongo_jones @ Jan 23 2009, 01:58 AM) the one thing that the specialist told us that we didn't already know is that the vents are probably fine. this he deduced by listening to the pipes. he also recommended the isopropyl alcohol. eventually i discarded this idea and did what i thought about doing when this first happened but did not do: i gave up on plumbers and called our handyman over to open up the wall, locate...

QUOTE(mongo_jones @ Mar 17 2009, 08:29 AM) re-screening a door is actually easy. i can prove this as i have done it myself. If I tried it, it would for sure make the "What makes you laugh" thread. I am not a "home improvement project" kind of girl. Oh wait, maybe I could make some money taping it and sending it to America's funniest videos!! (Does that show even still...