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		<title>Painting Molding and Trim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 20:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found that one of the easiest ways to really update a room&#8217;s look and feel is to replace or at least paint all the baseboard molding and trim around the doors in a room. If I have more time I usually go ahead and install painted crown molding around the room as well. If a room already has crown molding then I never bother to take it down, I just give it a fresh coat of paint to make it look like new. You should paint trim and molding before putting it up. I paint all of my trim and molding a bright white because I think it looks clean and modern when it first goes in. It&#8217;s also much easier to &#8220;fix&#8221; mistakes, hide nail heads and cover hammer dents with a little caulk or wood paste and a coat of white paint. That being said, you can really add some funky decor and flare to a room by using paint colors other than white. If the room has baseboards, door trim and crown molding in it then I usually paint all of them the same color and, if possible, with the same can of or two of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Turn Off A Whole House Humidifier During the Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 01:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in a climate that gets cold, dry winters then your home might be equipped with a whole house, or central, humidifier. These whole house humidifiers are designed to put moisture into the air during winter months when you&#8217;re running your forced air heat. The humidifiers are usually added on to the duct work of your furnace either when your heating system is first installed or as an upgrade. They&#8217;re relatively inexpensive and then make your home much more comfortable and even feel a little warmer inside during the winter. These humidifiers direct air through a damp filter and then into your home, adding a small level of comforting moisture to the air. They&#8217;re not only helpful and healthy, but they are also good for your home. Wood flooring experts will often recommend installing a central humidifier in your home to run during the winter so that your wood floors don&#8217;t dry out so much. You want to turn off your home&#8217;s humidifier during the summer months. Though the moisture from the humidifier helps make the air feel warmer during the winter time, it&#8217;s actually not something you want to have turned on or running in your home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Remove Floor Tile</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re going to remodel a kitchen or upgrade a bathroom in your house then chances are that you&#8217;re going to be faced with the job of removing the old tile from a floor and replacing it with something more modern. Removing the tile from a floor can be a long, messy and sometimes frustrating demolition job, but it isn&#8217;t usually a particularly difficult job as long as you have a little patience and imagination. First, you&#8217;re going to want to have a few tools. To remove tile you&#8217;re definitely going to want a hammer, a pry bar, a tile scraper or two (usually metal tipped) and plenty of safety gear including goggles, a dust mask, heavy leather gloves and knee pads. No matter what kind of tile you&#8217;re removing, it&#8217;s important to remember that tile can be incredibly sharp when broken and shatters like glass. How To Remove Floor Tiles 1. Prep the Room: Before you go ripping out a lot of tile you&#8217;re going to want to make sure the area is clear of any obstructions or things that can get in the way. That includes removing cabinets, removing the toilet and getting rid of other things that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprises In The Walls After Removing Wallpaper</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote about removing wallpaper in my small second bathroom I alluded to the fact that you be in for some surprises under your wallpaper as your tear it down. I mentioned this because I actually found a few different things in the tiny room that were surprising, interesting and just plain weird. Here they are: Surprise #1: Behind the large plate mirror in the bathroom there was actually once a medicine cabinet&#8230; with the gaping hole to prove it. On the wall there was the message &#8220;Hello George and Barbara 6/97&#8243;. We didn&#8217;t know of a George and Barbara living in the home at this time, so either George and Barbara did the work or they were past owners of the home at some point that we didn&#8217;t know about. This hole technically wasn&#8217;t being hidden by wallpaper, but since I had to remove the wallpaper that was under the large mirror it meant that I had to take the mirror down. The 4&#8242; x 3&#8242; mirror weighed about 20 pounds and was being held on the wall by three old mirror brackets that were screwed in to the drywall. There were no anchors and they were not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Remove Wallpaper</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Removing wallpaper is one of those messy and tedious jobs that nearly every homeowner grumbles through at least once. Most people tend to do it right after they move into a new home and want to remove the wallpaper from a previous owner or they want to do it right before they move out of a new home and they know that taking down wallpaper will help them sell their house. The key to removing wallpaper is not how do you get the wallpaper down, but rather, how do you remove the old wallpaper and the old glue from the walls without damaging the drywall or plaster underneath? It&#8217;s not as bad as you may think in most cases. I&#8217;ve known people who hated the idea of removing wallpaper so much they they have actually gone through the trouble to put up new drywall over existing walls instead of dealing with wallpaper. Though taking down wallpaper is never a particularly fun job it also doesn&#8217;t have to be that bad if you&#8217;re prepared for a little work and you have the right tools. I recently had to remove wallpaper from the small bathroom I&#8217;m renovating and took some pictures and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Fix a Squeaky Door Hinge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Squeaking doors and squeaky door hinges are common problems that everyone has experienced in a house or apartment at one time or another. We generally have two ways of dealing with these annoying squeaks: we either learn to ignore them or we squirt some sort of grease or lubricant on the hinges and hope for the squeak to go away. Though it seems like a simple home repair, there are actually some right things to do fix a squeaky door and some wrong things to do. Following the advice below should help you fix just about any squeaking door or hinge you come across. Why Do Door Hinges Squeak It&#8217;s a simple question with an almost equally simple answer: friction. When you first install a new door or hinges you are probably impressed with how smoothly and quietly the door closes. If you installed the hinges yourself or happened to run your finger along them you&#8217;ll probably end up with a fine film of grease or oil on it. Hinges are nothing more than two barrel sleeve of metal held together with a metal pin in the center. The pin and metal barrels of the hinge have to fit tightly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning A Basement Remodel</title>
		<link>http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/basement-finishing-and-remodeling-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basement Remodeling]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/?p=979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My basement finishing project is almost done! I took part of my unfinished basement and updated the partially finished room and completely framed out and finished another small room. I have lots of photos and lots of different ideas I want to get down about my experience with finishing my basement myself. I&#8217;ve made some mistakes and learned some valuable lessons along the way. Overall, my basement finishing project was a success and I mostly followed my initial basement remodeling plan. I&#8217;m already thinking about expanding the finished area in my basement further in the upcoming years. There are some affordable and detailed basement remodeling and idea books available these days. Before you refinish your basement, though, you really should sit down and plan the project out as much as you can. A lot of the planning you can do on your own, but you may also want to check out some of the excellent basement remodeling and idea books that are now available. Whether you&#8217;re doing it yourself or having someone else come in and do it, there are still lots of decisions you&#8217;re going to have to make on your own before a single wall is framed or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Own Removable Wall Panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basement Remodeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when you&#8217;re working on a home improvement project you need to throw away the rules and get a little creative. I recently had to do this when I was refinishing my basement and had to frame out a room while still allowing easy access to a drain clean out. I could have just slapped up a closet door, but that would have looked a little weird in the middle of a wall in my basement office, so I decided to try something a little more fun: I made a removable drywall panel and disguised it as a permanent wall. The removable wall panel will cover this basement plumbing. I had a few different options when I was planning out the framing of my basement office. I originally thought about just framing the wall straight all the way across the foundation wall and then putting some sort of cabinet over the drain pipe, but due to the way the drain branched up into the floor above it, I was actually unable to run the framing along the top of the joists all the way along the room. So I opted for the next best thing: a straight wall with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Clean A Bathroom Exhaust Fan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/?p=743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you think about cleaning the bathroom you probably don&#8217;t immediately think about cleaning your exhaust fan. The fan is usually high on the wall or in the ceiling and difficult to get to, but it&#8217;s still a major source of dirt, residue and bacteria in your bathroom. Bathroom exhaust fans are designed to pull out the warm, moist air from a shower so that your bathroom isn&#8217;t repeatedly subjected to extremely damp conditions on a regular basis. But bathroom fans are subject to getting dirty fairly quickly because they are pulling moist air and dust towards them which often settles and sticks to any surface on or around the fan. The movement of fans also tends to create a build up of static electricity which can cause additional dust to stick fast to the exterior and and interior of your exhaust fan. Dampness in any room of your home will eventually lead to mold, bacterial build up, paint and trim damage and could even lead to the structure of the room rotting in some cases. Decorative bathroom exhaust fans work well and look great&#8230; but still need to be cleaned like regular exhaust fans. If you have a steamy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap and Easy Way To Store Your Christmas Lights</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sales and marketing of Christmas lights and decorations is only superseded by the even larger sales and marketing of wild and clever plastic containers and gadgets that are meant to be used for the storing Christmas lights and decorations. I&#8217;ve tried several different clever containers and methods for storing my Christmas lights from one year to the next. Some work better than others, but I was looking for a simpler way. I&#8217;ve tried putting the light cords back into the original plastic trays with very little success. It&#8217;s both too time consuming too easy to break bulbs or LED&#8217;s out of their sockets when you&#8217;re trying to cram everything back into the box the way they came out. My method for storing my Christmas lights is cheap and easy and it&#8217;s worked for for me for several years now. Here&#8217;s what I do: 1. Remove and Test your Christmas Lights: I take down each strand of Christmas lights separately and test them after I get them down, just to quickly make sure I haven&#8217;t broken or crushed anything accidentally in the removal process. This may seem silly, but it saves me from storing a set of lights that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wagner TurboRoll Power Paint Roller Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Home improvements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After putting up the drywall and finishing the walls in my basement room it was finally time to apply some primer and paint. I was going to just use a regular paint roller, but I had a unique chance to try out the new Wagner TurboRoll Power Paint Roller and I&#8217;m glad I did. The Wagner TurboRoll Power Paint Roller You see, after I wrote about painting my house this summer I was contacted by a gentleman from Wagner who asked me some questions about my project. One thing led to another and he sent me two free TurboRoll Powered Paint Rollers to try in my basement. In the interest of full disclosure, I received these two TurboRoll Power Paint Rollers in exchange for this unbiased review. I usually use a plain old disposable paint roller with the traditional method of pouring the paint into the paint tray, running the roller into the tray and applying the paint to the wall. The process of painting with roller is about 100 times faster than with a brush, but it&#8217;s also a process that punctuated with lots of mess and moving paint around from can to tray to roller to wall. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Rid of a Drywall Tape Bubble</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basement Remodeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After refinishing most of the drywall in my basement remodeling project I decided to try to tackle two little areas of drywall where my drywall tape had &#8220;bubbled up&#8221;. There was actually a layer or two of dried joint compound over these two spots, but they had popped out from the wall a little bit and when I pushed them in with my finger they flexed a teeny bit, which mean that my drywall tape had not adhered to the joint compound beneath it. Bubbles can appear in your wall when the drywall tape doesn&#8217;t stick properly. Obviously having drywall bubbles in the wall makes it almost impossible to paint well because if the bubbles flex the paint could crack and flake off after it has dried. And, besides, having these weird bulges in my wall was not exactly attractive. So I had to somehow get rid of the drywall tape bubbles that were on my wall. Both of my bubbles were in different parts of the room and both were about 5 inches long. Drywall bubbles are usually caused by either not applying your tape to a wet enough joint compound or by squeezing out so much joint compound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Finish Drywall With Joint Compound</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I had put up the drywall in my basement refinishing project it was time for me to finish my walls with joint compound and tape and make them nice and smooth. I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that I wasn&#8217;t an expert in joint compound when I started this, and I&#8217;m certainly no professional now, but I have learned a few things as I&#8217;ve gone over my walls again and again. The goal of finishing drywall is to make your walls smooth and to make any bump or dip so gradual that it is virtually unnoticeable. First, it&#8217;s important to remember our final goal: to even out and smooth the walls out as much as possible before applying our first coat of primer and eventually paint. You&#8217;re going to do most of the smoothing with a substance called joint compound or vinyl spackling or drywall compound or just &#8220;mud&#8221; but it all refers to the same stuff: it&#8217;s a wet substance that&#8217;s spread on walls and dries hard, pretty much like plaster might. This is not a difficult job, but it takes some patience and time. Finishing walls is definitely an art form more than a science. It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Hang Drywall &#8211; A Beginner&#8217;s Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many home improvement projects, hanging drywall is one half art, one half science and one half luck. I learned this first-hand as I completed hanging the drywall in my first real full room renovation. I&#8217;ve mentioned before that I&#8217;m refinishing a room in my basement that was framed out and paneled years ago. It even has a permanent drywall popcorn ceiling, which I may eventually remove, but that will come at a later time. To remodel this room I decided the 70&#8242;s were over and I wanted to get rid of the paneling. My first idea was to rip down all the paneling and then put up drywall in it&#8217;s place. But I didn&#8217;t really want to spend all the time cutting up large paneling pieces, so my next idea was to paint the paneling a lighter color. I quickly shelved that idea when I realized that paint doesn&#8217;t stick to paneling very well and, really, it just ended up looking like painted paneling. So I went back to drywall, but decided to simply attach the drywall right over the paneling. The framing was in good condition, the paneling was in good condition, so everything was good for moving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving the Cooling Power of Your Central Air Conditioner</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exterior Projects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that we&#8217;re into some of the hottest days of the summer those of you with central air conditioners might be finding that on the really hot days your home isn&#8217;t staying as cool as it once did. Maybe you&#8217;re even finding that your central AC isn&#8217;t able to keep up with a stretch of high heat and humidity that lasts several days or more. Here are some quick things I&#8217;ve learned that you can do to improve the efficiency and cooling ability of your central air conditioner: The previous owners of my home severely cut down their central air conditioner&#8217;s cooling ability by putting makeshift scented filters in all the air vents. First, you&#8217;ll want to make sure that you&#8217;re regularly maintaining your central air conditioner properly by changing the filters regularly, cleaning out the outside compressor unit and generally taking good care of it even when it&#8217;s working just fine. There are lots of different brands and designs of central air conditioners now, but they all require the same basic care: keep them clean and clear and they should keep you cool. Next, you&#8217;ll want to be sure your AC is working well. If it isn&#8217;t working at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Wasting Water By Fixing These Common Bathroom Leaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DIY Plumbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to help the environment by saving water and save yourself some money then you should consider checking all your bathroom fixtures for leaks. If they do leak then you&#8217;ll want to repair those leaks as quickly as possible. This is one home improvement project that just about anyone can get a start on. Fortunately, many minor repairs around the bathroom are relatively easy to tackle if you have a little patience and a few very basic tools. The bathroom is the most likely room to find a majority of minor water leaks that are preventable. The bathroom almost always has the most water outlets and is one of the most heavily used rooms in any home. Here are some are few common leaks you may find and be able to fix in a bathroom: Sink Faucet Drips: A sink faucet that drips can be annoying, but most people don&#8217;t think much of it until they realize how much water they&#8217;re wasting each day. Try this: place a glass under the dripping faucet and see how much water you collect in an hour and then multiply that amount by 24 hours. Chances are, you&#8217;ll be shocked by how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Hide TV Wires In Your Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/how-to-hide-tv-wires-in-your-wall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve shown you ways to completely hide your flat screen TV, but a lot of people aren&#8217;t interested in hiding their entire TV as much as they want to hide the television wires, cords and cables. The easiest and fastest way to get your TV cords out of sight in most cases is to hide your TV cables outside your wall with specialized media products or some clever positioning. A more sophisticated, and more permanent, way to hide television wires is to actually hide them in your walls. This takes some time and some planning, but if done right you can make your television or home theater look like it was installed by a professional. TV Mounts Before we talk about hiding the wires, you should take a good look at how your TV is mounted. Ideally you&#8217;ll want to use a professional TV wall mount that&#8217;s tied into the studs of the wall. Conversely you could use a large TV cabinet or stand to display your TV, but if you are doing that then you probably don&#8217;t need to hide the wires. Most newer TV stands and cabinets actually have channels built into them to run and hide cables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Replace and Install Wall Lights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basement Remodeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of home improvement projects around my main bathroom lately and most of the work has been DIY plumbing projects, but this time I thought I&#8217;d show you how I took out an old dated bathroom light and installed a new light fixture on the wall. The process is relatively simple, but because this is an electrical project I have to warn you to only do this if you&#8217;re comfortable working with electrical things. Installing a wall light is just like any other electrical DIY project: you could really get hurt or even killed if you&#8217;re not careful. Ugly. You don&#8217;t see a difference between the blue and purple bulbs when it is on. Our old light fixture on our bathroom wall was dated and ugly and was clearly something that was installed as a cheap &#8220;temporary&#8221; solution for lighting and happened to stay there for a number of years. I found a good deal on generic but much more contemporary looking bathroom light fixture at one of those big box warehouse stores and just had to buy it. I set aside an hour last weekend and put up the new fixture without any real problems. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Replace a Shower Diverter Valve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a combination bathtub and shower and over the past three months or so I noticed that whenever I turned the knob to &#8220;shower&#8221; I still had a fair amount of water coming out of the tub faucet. Basically, water was leaking from the shower valve and coming out my tub faucet. My dated and barely working shower knob. The water coming from out of the tub faucet was clearly taking away from the water pressure that was getting to the shower hose and nozzle. This means that whenever the shower was being run in my house we&#8217;d have to crank the water all the way up just to get enough water pressure out to take a decent shower. And while showering water was gushing out of the bath tub faucet below, immediately going down the drain and becoming a huge waste of water. I also found that if I had the water pressure turned on just right I&#8217;d manage to get the pipes banging and screeching in my walls. In the past I&#8217;ve been a little shy about working on plumbing. I&#8217;m the guy who ended up calling a plumber to remove a shower knob and replace a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Basement Remodeling Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.homeimprovementsdepot.com/my-basement-remodeling-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Coffee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basement Remodeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My big home improvement project for this year will be the start of a large basement remodeling project. I&#8217;m going to start with a partially finished room we already have in the basement and then slowly expand the finishing to other parts of my basement that are currently concrete and cinder blocks. I&#8217;ve never done any sort of interior home improvement project like this, so it should be interesting to see and learn a lot as I go along. The partially finished room in my basement has some potential. A lot of people see a basement remodeling project as the ultimate do-it-yourself home improvement project because these sort of remodels take a lot of different skills and time, but almost every aspect of the job can be completed by an amateur handyman if needed. Building an addition on to a house often requires a contractor and heavy equipment, but taking an existing unfinished interior space like a basement (or attic) and turning it into a finished space simply takes some tools and skills with framing, drywall, flooring and sometimes electrical and plumbing systems. I&#8217;m no different. My wife and I bought our home largely because of the additional living space [...]]]></description>
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