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How to Make a Greenhouse on a Screen Porch

Table of Contents Sun Exposure Heating Air Circulation Humidity Greenhouse Glazing Materials If you wish to install a greenhouse on your screen porch, there are several considerations. These include the type of sun exposure the porch receives, as well as the ability to install heating and air circulation. The type of material you use to seal the greenhouse will depend on if it's permanent.

How to Make a Rectangular Table Skirt

Table skirts allow you to have storage space beneath a table and make an otherwise boring table look more elegant. They're great for parties, conventions or creating storage space in a small home or apartment. Making a lovely table skirt is easy, too, and requires minimal sewing knowledge. Measure the height and perimeter of your table. Multiply the perimeter of your table by 1 1/2. This will be the amount of fabric you will need to purchase.

How to Wallpaper With Book Pages

Recycle old books into whimsical, vintage wallpaper. Add a unique touch to a room's decor with wallpaper created from old book pages. Turning trash into treasure is not only an affordable way to decorate, it also provides you with an inexpensive way to decorate a room with one-of-a-kind accessories. Wallcoverings often are painted or papered with pricey wallpaper because no other options seem possible. Wallpapering with book pages allow you to take that outside-the-box, recycled decorating a bit further, while offering a second life for outdated junk.

What Are the Hazards of Walk-in Freezers?

Walk-in freezers are a common feature in restaurants, laboratories and industrial plants. They make it easier to store larger quantities of items than other types of freezers, such as reach-in freezers, can hold. Walk-in freezers range in size from 117 to as much as 1,022 cubic feet. Walk-in freezers maintain sub-zero temperatures. Cooler-rooms and freezers are not intended to be workplaces, so they present unique hazards. Accidental Entrapment Workers and other personnel are liable to get trapped in a walk-in freezer if the door shuts accidentally behind them.

How to Build a Wood Stove Base

Many people enjoy the ambiance of a wood stove in the comfort of their homes. Since the 1990s, improved designs have brought the wood stove to a new level of efficiency. Wood stove on rock base Things You Will Need + Plywood Screws Concrete board 2 drywall screws Tile, brick or slate Mortar Wood trim Safety must be considered during the installation process because a wood stove is manned by opening a door to the fire, which can let sparks or embers into the room.

How to Get Motor Oil Out of Carpet

Most home carpeting is made of synthetic fibers, and stains tend to set in fairly quickly with that kind of material. Motor oil is one stain that can be removed as long as you get to work on it as soon as it has been spilled on the carpet. Carpet fibers A few supplies that you may already have around the house are needed to remove the oil, so get to work as soon as you see the spill happen.

How to Install Electrical Conduit Into Cement Block Walls

Most basement walls are made up of cement blocks. When you want to run electrical wiring over the walls to either finish your basement or add a surface-mounted electrical box, you must run the electrical wiring through a metal tube called conduit. Conduit comes in straight lengths. You then bend the conduit to form the route leading from one electrical box or power source to another electrical box. You surface mount the conduit into the concrete with conduit straps and masonry screws.

How to Make Colored Concrete Pavers

Colored concrete pavers add visual interest to your garden path, driveway or patio. Create colorful patterns of your own design or use a monochrome approach. Making the pavers yourself is a way to save money, or you can purchase rubber forms in a variety of sizes and shapes. Dyes Choose from a wide variety of acrylic dyes to create the look you want. Things You Will Need + 1/2 inch wood (12) 1 1/4-inch nails Hammer Motor oil Concrete Concrete dye Plastic sheeting Extra board (for flattening paver surface) Decide on the size and shape of your paver.

How to Make a Waterproof Seal

A waterproof seal provides protection from moisture and liquids. You can avoid messy situations on clothing and furniture by making a waterproof seal, and lengthen the life of some craft projects by waterproofing joints and surfaces. A simple waterproof seal can be made from easy-to-find materials. Beeswax is an active ingredient in waterproof seals. Things You Will Need + Used metal coffee container Dish detergent Towel Microwave Microwavable container Beeswax Turpentine Linseed oil Wooden spatula According to Virginia Technical University, “adding linseed oil to the [beeswax] mixture makes [a] good waterproofing” solution.

How to Remove a GE Over the Range Microwave

Removing a GE over-the-range microwave can be an easy task if it is approached with the right knowledge and tools. Microwave ovens can be heavy and unwieldy, and the process will require that the microwave be lifted and carried. At least two people are required, and having a third person is helpful. Things You Will Need + Phillips screwdriver Flat screwdriver Razor knife Tip Take out any racks and the turntable before removing the microwave.