The Today’s Homeowner Radio Podcast | July 23, 2022

Hour 1

In Hour 1 of the Today’s Homeowner Radio Podcast, discover how to take out rusty bolts from concrete, get the most out of kitchen area cabinet room and more.

Getting rid of Rusty Bolts From Concrete

Cliff Dodd in Mobile, Ala., not too long ago eliminated his pool diving board and pedestal base, but the severely rusty bolts are nevertheless embedded in the concrete.  

“When I took dive off, the bolts have been 3 rusted mounds. I could not differentiate among the nuts, bolts and washers,” he says.

He needs to know, is there a way to eliminate the bolts, and if not, what’s the finest way to protect against these previous bolts from rusting and getting a rust stain on the concrete in the potential?

Eliminating bolts from concrete can be tricky, because they have been place there in the first position to continue to be put. To take away them, use a centre punch tool to drill a hole in the middle of the bolt. Then, drill it out as substantially of the rusty bolt as you can. Just after that, use a hammer and cold chisel to crush what is remaining of the bolt inward to get it beneath the floor. This way you’re not disturbing the concrete close to it as well a great deal.

A further possibility is to grind the bolts down down below the surface as substantially as you can. To do this, use a disc grinder, and make guaranteed you have on safety gloves and eyeglasses whilst doing it. Hone the grinder again and forth until finally the bolt is about a quarter-inch beneath the surface.

To avoid the rusted bolts from staining the concrete, spray or brush on two to 3 coats of metallic primer over the rusted bolt. This will seal off the rust and hold it from spreading into the concrete. To hold the paint from finding on to the concrete area, reduce a hole that’s the exact sizing as the bolt in a paper plate and location it over the bolt spot.

Next, cover the holes with a concrete patch. The challenge when performing with present concrete is having the patch to match. For a uniform glimpse, utilize a concrete resurfacer over the total slab.

Receiving the Most Out of Your Cupboard Room

Dorene in Pennsylvania wants some assistance on her kitchen area cabinet storage. 

She has pull-out shelves in her foundation cupboards, but half of them are damaged. She’s all set to just remove them and set up everlasting half cabinets. 

Our tips: Don’t set up stationary shelves mend or substitute the pull-out shelves.

When you appear at the cubic feet of storage in a cupboard, you’re only employing about 50 p.c of it with stationary 50 % shelves. 

With a total pull-out shelf, you can use the most place and even now have effortless access to your merchandise. 

Restoring the pull-out cabinets could be as simple as changing the slides. Order new slides through the company.  

To make use of even extra cabinet room, contemplate setting up a new pull-out shelf configuration. Residence Depot gives a lot of pull-out selections, from corner cabinet pullouts to spice racks and more. 

Ahead of acquiring, choose very careful measurements of the depth and width of a cupboard. Retrofitted items of hardware are only expandable to a particular diploma. 

Hour 2

In Hour 2, we converse about the pros and drawbacks of peel-and-stick wallpaper, the very best paint for hardwood flooring and extra.

Execs and Disadvantages of Peel-and-Adhere Wallpaper

Peel-and-adhere wallpaper is perfect for renters or homeowners who like to adjust their interior layout normally.

Due to the fact the adhesive is presently used, you don’t have to worry about producing a mess with paste.    

Prior to purchasing peel-and-stick wallpaper, take into account the following:

Value: Prices for peel-and-adhere wallpaper can range. The more affordable it is, it will most likely be additional challenging to hang it easily. If you are on a funds and going with the cheapest cost issue, contemplate just utilizing it for an accent wall. Also, preserve in brain that the less expensive adhesive might hurt your wall.

The increased in cost you go, the a lot easier the application and much better the hold will be. Also, the far more highly-priced varieties are simpler to take away and go away driving less residue.

Area: Prior to placing up peel-and-stick wallpaper, acquire the home into thought. A toilet is pretty humid, so you require wallpaper with a sturdy adhesive. Normally, it may possibly peel off by itself. 

Also, simply because peel-and-adhere wallpaper is produced from plastic, heat can soften it. Really do not set up it in the vicinity of a stove or a fire. 

Our tips: Don’t buy the most economical possibility. Acquire mid-price peel-and-adhere wallpaper and usually look at the evaluations. If you obtain it prices the exact same as classic wallpaper, you may possibly as well hold typical wallpaper. 

Painting a Wood Ground

Karen Pittman in Tennessee lives in an older home that desires new flooring. Her present flooring are wooden, but she says they’re not worthy of refinishing. 

“Until we can afford new flooring, is there a paint that will endure the pitter patter of my 100-pound puppy’s tiny toes?” she asks.

We really don’t usually advise portray a wooden flooring, but if it’s your only solution, you need to use the ideal variety of paint. 

Behr Top quality Small-Lustre Enamel Porch and Patio Ground Paint will hold up to the hefty foot traffic of that 100-pound “puppy.” An anti-slip option is also readily available. 

To paint the wood flooring, prep it like you would any surface for portray and increase a coat of primer. 

Examine “Portray Wood Flooring” for a in-depth manual on how to do it. 

About The Property

This time of year we invest more and a lot more time outside. But for lots of of us It is just downright Hot in July. So acquiring some shade for our outside dwelling spaces is a precedence. If you never just take place to have a completely positioned tree more than your deck or patio, here are some tips that may perhaps give you some relief from the Summer months sunlight. 

A pergola or arbor is the initially detail numerous men and women believe about when they want shade, but most of these constructions never basically supply a great deal of it on their very own. People vertically oriented boards across the top of them glance definitely interesting but they only block the sunshine at just the appropriate angle. Nevertheless, if you plant some climbing vines all over the perimeter of the composition, in time they’ll make a canopy around the arbor that offers lots of shade.

If early early morning or late afternoon solar is a problem in your preferred location, you may get some reduction from a vertical hanging monitor. The large decision in this article is no matter whether you want to be in a position to transfer the display screen when the sun is not intruding. Lattice panels are wonderful for fixed screens but for a movable choice, you could possibly think about a rolling monitor that will work considerably like a window shade on a more substantial scale. I’ve even witnessed people make shade curtains from fall cloths with some success.

But by far the least difficult and most common way to generate shade is by hanging a cloth shade sail around the house. These are obtainable in a wide variety of designs, sizes and hues dependent on your scenario. The essential factor to look at right here is the tie-down locations. Be certain they’re strong more than enough to aid the shade in the wind and let some way to re-tension it considering the fact that it will inevitably commence to sag more than time. 

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