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How to Insulate a Baseboard

Proper insulation is the best way to keep a home energy-efficient. Unfortunately, no insulation is perfect and cold air can find its way into the room through imperfectly sealed doors and windows and gaps behind the baseboard. Doors and windows can be sealed with caulk, but gaps between the wall and floor are usually too big for this. Fortunately, there is an easy solution. Insulating baseboards can make old homes warmer.

How to Repair Extension Table Extension Slides

Extension tables allow you to add extra leaves to expand your kitchen or dining room table for special occasions. Extension tables are able to extend because of a metal track and roller system. Sometimes, however, your extension table track, or extension slides, can become bent. This is the most common problem when it comes to extension tables. Fortunately, this problem can usually be resolved without having to change out the track system on your table.

Oreck Iron Instructions | HomeSteady

Oreck may be best known for their vacuum cleaners, but the company also makes a variety of small home appliances, including a cordless iron. The Oreck cordless iron features a wide-path steam jet spray, a base for the iron, non-stick sole plate, limited warranty and a temperature control dial. Sold in many home supply stores or department stores, as well as on the Internet, the iron can be used in a variety of places due to the cordless feature, and it is generally simple to use.

Disney Princess Canopy Assembly Instructions

The Disney Princess canopy is a bed canopy that can turn a twin-size bed into a castle-like theme for young girls. This product uses lightweight 100 percent polyester and includes pictures of the famous Disney princesses like Belle, Aurora and Cinderella. Assembling the Disney Princess canopy, manufactured by Exxel Outdoors, is fairly straightforward at a cost of about $30 (in 2011). Step 1 Use the hardware that comes with the Disney Princess canopy package to install the main canopy hook in your ceiling.

How to Clean a Toilet Bowl Trap

A toilet bowl's trap is a curved pipe that connects the toilet to the plumbing. The trap is a common location for clogs, most of which are too deep to remove with a plunger. Cleaning a toilet bowl trap requires a closet auger, which is a snake-like plumbing tool that you feed into the trap to remove clogs. Once you clean the trap with the auger, the toilet should flush normally.