Burglar bars on the windows of your home afford a sense of security and safety to keep predators out. Building custom-made bars and installing them requires some welding expertise but can be a great project for the iron or metal working enthusiast.
Safely built burglar bars allow for escape but keep predators out. One important key to remember is that building codes in most areas require a quick-release safety latch on burglar bars to allow for a quick escape in the event of a fire.
In order for mold to thrive, it must have oxygen, a food source, the correct temperature range and moisture. Remove these aspects from the environment, and the mold spores cannot reproduce. Some of these conditions will be out of your control, but by removing any one of them, mold will not be able to exist.
The best bet is to remove the moisture or the food source. Vinyl floors often have grooves, which provide a hiding spot for food sources, and mold spores can propagate from something as small as an abundance of dead cells.
Mildew is the visible growth of mold. It grows easily on damp surfaces and produces a musty, unpleasant smell. Outdoor furniture--exposed to rain and thunderstorms--is an easy target for mildew. Thankfully, the hard surfaces and durable fabric of outdoor furniture are usually easy to clean.
Clean Outdoor Furniture of Mildew Things You Will Need + Vinegar Ammonia Baking Soda Dish Soap Tea Tree Oil Bleach Laundry Detergent Trisodium Phosphate Try these at-home mildew cleansers that range from mild to strong.
Suspended or drop ceilings are used to conceal many types of overhead devices and equipment. In some cases, the concealed items are steel beams. Installation of a suspended ceiling requires anchor points, and the steel beams offer a solid base and can accommodate anchor points arguably more easily than wood joists or beams.
Step 1 Measure and mark all exterior walls at the desired height of your ceiling.
Step 2 Install L brackets against the wall, lining up the base of the bracket with the marks.
Mattresses are difficult to clean because of their size and the nature of the material. Finding effective ways to clean stains and spills requires some effort. Bleach in mild forms, such as hydrogen peroxide, can be an effective option for getting rid of certain stains.
Things You Will Need + Rubber gloves Towels Once you know how to use it correctly and safely, bleach is another weapon in your arsenal for dealing with mattress stains.
Strippable, or peelable, wallpaper is a sigh of relief for anyone who has tried to remove standard wallpaper. Standard wallpaper requires cutting, applying chemicals, soaking and finally peeling. Strippable wallpaper can be removed with one action: peeling.
Most newer wallpaper is strippable; if yours is, you'll have little to no trouble removing it.
Examine your wallpaper closely to find where one section or strip of wallpaper begins and ends.
White painted stair risers highlight staircases and give foyers dramatic impact in homes. Although aesthetically appealing when clean, white stair risers are susceptible to scuff marks. Rubber-soled shoes typically transfer black scuff marks that are particularly noticeable on white stair risers.
Moving furniture up white stair risers may cause scuff marks. White painted stair risers highlight staircases and give foyers dramatic impact in homes. Although aesthetically appealing when clean, white stair risers are susceptible to scuff marks.
The summer is over and you need to pack away your outdoor patio items. You have the grill stored in your garage and the pool is closed. The only thing left is covering up your outside table and chairs. Uncovered patio tables and chairs are easily damaged by winter's rain, ice and snow. If the furnishings are to remain outside, you need to cover them with a material that will keep the elements away from the table and chairs' surfaces.
If your sealed tile floors are looking worn and dull, it may be time to remove the old sealer and apply a fresh new coat. Before deciding to strip the old and apply the new, make sure that removing the sealer is the best option. If there is only a little sealer buildup here and there, spot stripping will get the job done with a lot less work. On the other hand, if the whole floor is dull and never looks clean, stripping the entire floor will remove all the old sealers from tile floors.
A forced draft oven can be as simple as a coil-heated oven with a fan that forces constant heat circulation. Its purpose is to keep the temperature even throughout the apparatus. Mostly used in laboratories and foundries, the forced draft oven serves to circulate hot air to maintain a uniform temperature. In certain laboratories, the forced or mechanical draft is a requirement because certain processes such as dehydration of soils or certain chemicals must be subjected to an identical temperature throughout the oven or the sample will be unevenly processed.