Table of Contents Oak (Quercus sp.) Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) Hickory (Carya sp.) Ash (Fraxinus sp.) Beech (Fagus sp.) Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) When selecting wood for firewood, it's important to remember that not all woods are alike. Depending on the type of tree it came from, firewood can burn slow and hotter or fast and relatively cooler.
Fresh Scents Scented Sachets are small paper bags filled with scented deodorizing powder. The sachets come in a variety of fragrances but with very little instruction. They are designed to be multipurpose and help eliminate odors almost anywhere you put them.
You only need a small amount of Fresh Scents powder to deodorize small vacuums. To reduce the odor from dirt and bacteria buildup inside a vacuum cleaner canister or bag, you can place the Fresh Scents bag or powder directly into your vacuum cleaner's canister or bag.
Taper gauges--or taper feeler gauges--work using the same basic principles as a typical feeler gauge: fill the gap between two surfaces using a calibrated measuring instrument to determine the distance between them.
While typical feeler gauges consist of several metal blades, each with parallel contact surfaces and carefully calibrated thicknesses, taper gauges have tapered contact planes to help measure the gaps between angled surfaces. The gauges come to a narrow point at the tip of the blade, then expand out like to form a wedge.
Very small windows often look silly with curtains hung over them, especially if the window is in a door, for instance. However, for privacy and security as much as anything, you will rarely want to leave a window undressed, unless it is very high up in the building. Also, you will want to find a window covering that looks good from both the inside and the outside. There are many window covering options available, in a range of prices.
A torchiere is a floor or table lamps that has the light pointed upwards. The stands are usually made of metal or wood. The shades vary from metals, glasses, stone finishes, metal screens, ceramics and fabrics. In this article, we shall show you how to create a shade for a torch lamp using stainless steel mesh. Using this type of a shade would give the torchiere a more industrial or modern look that would work with a contemporary interior design.
The Society of Automotive Engineers or SAE has standards for the number of threads per inch that should be on machine screws of different sizes. A machine screw is one that accepts a nut or goes into a threaded pipe or hole. These standards apply only to American, or standard, bolts and screws. British and metric systems have their own measurements for threads. There are also SAE thread standards for pipes, ports and flange ports.
Almost any breed of dog can peacefully coexist with any other breed of dog if both dogs are properly socialized and have the correct temperament for it. It is the dog owner's responsibility to be certain the dogs are familiar with one another and to know both dogs' personality quirks before making the decision to introduce a pit and a chihuahua. If there is the slightest possibility that either animal might be endangered by the other, putting them together and especially leaving them in an unsupervised environment can be dangerous, and even fatal.
Whether your brass fireplace doors have become dingy and tarnished, or you're just ready for a change, painting them is a fairly simple weekend project. Your doors may be solid brass or brass-plated steel -- a magnet will not stick to solid brass -- but in either case the process is the same.
Brass fireplace doors can be painted in almost any color you wish. Taking the doors off will probably be a longer task than doing the actual painting, and aerosol spray cans will make quick work of the painting.
You may enhance the style and beauty of your ranch home by installing the right roofing. If you are building a new home or remodeling an existing one, choose from a number of different roofing materials, including metal. Using metal roofing for your ranch home has a number of advantages, and a few potential drawbacks.
Durability Metal roofing stands up to bad weather. Metal roofs are lightweight, but also very strong.
Your thermostat gives you the power to control your heating pump so that indoor temperatures are ideal for living.
Troubleshooting the emergency blinking light on your thermostat solves the lock-out problem. Many thermostats include an emergency heat light that flashes continuously when the unit is locked out, a feature that causes your unit to shut itself down and sends signals to your thermostat letting you know there's a problem with certain parts of your unit.