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By: nathan

nathan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:46:31 +0000

Nettie, you’ll want to stick with the traditional “finishing nail” for attaching your shoe. Liquid Nails requires a minimum of several hours to be tacky enough to hold things in place. In the meantime, your shoe will have moved out of the “tight” position (snug against floor and base).

If you struggle with driving the small nails through the shoe, you could try pre-drilling your holes. Good Luck!

By: Nettie

Nettie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:32:11 +0000

I am about to install quarter round trim around my baseboard to clean up the edges of my new tile. Someone recommended using liquid nails instead of the traditional nails that need puttying and sanding. This greatly appeals to me because it seems much easier. What do you think? Clever idea or bad one?

By: nathan

nathan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:53:14 +0000

Dawn, see Chris’ question and my answer above.

By: krippers

krippers — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:04:36 +0000

As an alternative to wired phones, pickup a set that includes extra phones that connect to the main phone wirelessly.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:15:34 +0000

Nathan, could you please expand your explanation of sheetrocking the interior of a tower? I am not a professional, just a DIYer and I’m not sure I understand what you mean by “layering.” Thanks!!

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:59:34 +0000

I’m assuming that there is a concrete slab beneath the flooring. If not, you could simply route the wires below the floor. (crawlspace?) Or maybe there is another level of the townhome below?

Assuming the concrete subfloor, here are two strategies:

First, route the wires below the base board. You would cut away the bottom half inch of the base board, run the wires in that space and then cover it with some biggish shoe.

Second alternative would be to run the wires around the room inside of crown. This raises the question of how to get it up to the crown…

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:44:12 +0000

I hired a contractor to install laminate flooring in my townhome. As he ripped off the carpet to install the laminate flooring, there were lots of telephone wires that ran under the carpet that had to be cut because my contractor claimed that the laminate flooring couldn’t have any wiring under it. Now I am left with disconnected telephone cables that need to be taken around the walls, baseboard etc. My laminate flooring guy said he doesn’t do this work. After he left I have tried couple of ways of getting the wire around and it looks a little ugly… I am trying to see if there is any better way conceal the telephone wire and may be expose them to a minimum. Suggestions/ideas please?

By: nathan

nathan — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:33:05 +0000

Hi Chris, for sheetrocking any curved surface, you’ll want to use .25″ sheetrock in two layers (three is even better — more evenly curving).

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:42:49 +0000

How do you sheetrock the interior of a tower with it’s rounded walls?