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Who are your favorite home improvement bloggers?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Misc asked:


Who are your favorite DIY home improvement bloggers? Who do you trust for info about sprucing up your home? Thanks!

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Is it legal for a home improvement contractor to walk off the job?

Friday, June 27th, 2008
The Insult Monger asked:


We hired a home improvement contractor for a major landscaping job. He completed about 80% of the work but then disappeared. Right before he disappeared, he asked if we minded paying him for the work he already completed. He seemed nice so we agreed. Then, he vanished, even though he signed a contract with us saying that he was supposed to do our driveway (which he didn’t — and now it is near winter and we have no driveway). Can he legally do this? (walk off a job even though the work in the contract is incomplete)

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Federal Home Improvement Grants, how do they work, how do you apply?

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Family asked:


I see advertisements for federal grants that do not have to be paid back that are for everything from small business funding to home improvements. I was wondering if anyone has ever received a grant for home improvement and how you apply and/or qualify to receive one. Basically, how do I get one to do home improvements and renovations??

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OK Home improvement enthusiasts, I’ve stripped the wallpaper?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
locofoco asked:


scrubbed the walls with DIF and I’m ready to start spackling the walls. What is the easiest thing to use on the walls to cover holes, damage to drywall, etc.? Should I use a sealer on the wall before painting? I’m painting the dining area/living room; is it ok to paint it a celery green when the adjoining kitchen is cranberry and cream colored? The kitchen has been remodled. Should I use latex or enamel on DR/LR walls. Should I leave windows and trim natural or paint them? Phew..that’s enough questions for now…

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What would be a ball park labor figure for some home improvement I am having done?

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Artiecat asked:


I am having part of basement redone after flood damage. I would like to know a ball park figure for the following utilizing a 320 sq ft space.

Old paneling removed, old tile (wet underneath) removed. All hauled away by contractor. Replace with insulation and water-resistent dry wall; wood laminate floor (flooring at around 75.00 per sq ft). Install three doors in lieu of old paneling and panel doors. Paint dry wall all around. The figure I am looking for does not include materials as I am paying for them separately. I am interested in a labor figure.

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I’m transcribing raw footage of a home improvement program–I need to know what this is called please?

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Squidface asked:


They appear to be building a framework for a wall or something. They are setting two by sixes within a large rectangular frame–as they do so, they’re nailing some sort of bracket at the joint where the two by six joins the frame on either side, and at both ends. The carpenter mentions having to “crown this piece first”. Can anyone please tell me if there’s a more specific name for these brackets they’re putting in? I’d just like to sound like I know what I’m talking about when I describe this footage. Thanks! ;-) Sorry, I’m not techno-savvy enough to know how to clip a frame from the video–but these are great suggestions, and far better than what I had!
Based on pictures from the website provided by lostinyonkers, I think perhaps “framing angle”–what say you?
I think it’s the framework for a deck surface. :-)

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