Home repair tips for common house hold problems.

We all could use some great ideas for home repairs some times. I've been doing them for 30 some years, but I always need some expert help every so often.

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Any tips on painting a wooden dining room table? 
What kind of wood is it?

If you have a quality wood table you may want to consider sanding it down to bare wood and varnishing with polyurethane.

Fix screen door?  Not rated yet
Today my dog ran through my screen door and it came off the tracks and I keep trying to put it back on the tracks but it doesn't seem to stay on..help ...

Tile job: Can I apply thin set and tile on top of the wood floor?   Not rated yet
Can I apply the thinset on top of plywood and set my tile or should I put thin set then hardibacker more thinset and then my tile?

ANSWER

You need ...

Is there a way to remove paint from a piece of old wooden furniture without damaging the stained wood beneath?  Not rated yet
When I was a child I painted my great grandmothers corner shelf with pink paint (latex I think.) Now that I'm older, I know how terrible it was to paint ...

How do I fix this candle burn on wood furniture?  Not rated yet
I set a small candle in a glass holder on a nice wooden step stool. The candle ran out and the hot glass left a perfectly round burn on the wood about ...

How do you fix a large hole in the wall?  Not rated yet
This wall is very damaged. There are several large holes and a few little ones surrounding it. They are all concentrated around one area of about 4 by ...

How much can I expect a plumber to charge to fix a leak if I know where the leak is?  Not rated yet
We installed a wet bar sink about a year ago. Just tonight I noticed it has a slight leak. I narrowed it down to 2 connection points, and I repaired one ...

Oak has been cleaned with vinegar and looks bleached.  Not rated yet
Is there something other than refinishing that will work?

ANSWER

Use a good quality wood furniture oil to get some color back into the wood.

How do I remove a single handle moen faucet with a more recent one?  Not rated yet
At the moment, I have a single handle pull faucet (kinda looks like a big round door knob)....I want to replace it with a lever...how do I do this? can ...

How do you blend shellac into a touch up spot?  Not rated yet
I have some new #2 pine trim that I applied amber shellac to. Some areas needed touch up but I'm having an awful time getting the sanded touch up spot ...

Refurbishing oak floor?  Not rated yet
I'm looking for something to replace the steel wool. It's busting' my butt. I'm stripping & cleaning the wax off the polyurethane (in sections) with rags....

Drywall installation....help?  Not rated yet
I need to replace a wall in my half bath, (where all the plumbing is, example toilet, sink), and I have already removed my toilet, because I was re-tiling ...

Retile the bathroom?   Not rated yet
Can someone tell me if before the grout is put in if the tiles should feel a little uneven?

Answer

Use a straight edge like a yard stick, check to ...

Best way to clean a hardwood floor?  Not rated yet
I uncovered hardwood floors in my house that had 2 layers of plywood and 5 layers of tar paper on vinyl tile. A total of 7/8 inch thick. At this point ...