Recent content by Chester11

Perfect - thanks again. Owe you one. (Pretty sure Insl-X is available at my local paint / hardware store). I was dreading this a bit - but now it looks manageable.

Thanks - I'll take a look. You are right about the detail, we have the same chair rail upstairs and I can't get paint to stick to it. (The folks we bought the house from left the old cans - only reason I know it is oil based.) The paint guy was showing me a primer for covering oil based...

I'm just bad, and can't cut a line. I've tried free hand, different brushes, and tape. I spent hours taping my son's room, and it came out horrible. He facetimed me the other day, and the crooked line was winking at me over his head. (It somehow looked worse over video than in person).

Wow, great tip. I started with one wall and it worked so well I finished most of the room. $6 bottle of Downy, $3 sprayer and a scraper I had laying around. (Pump sprayer would have worked better). I still have to hit the area around the chair rail and crown molding, but it went a lot...

That's one I hadn't seen...I'll pick some up and try it on a wall, at least it will smell nice.

I can't stand painting - I get it everywhere except the wall.

Finally removed the old wallpaper in our dining room. It came down very easy, with little drywall damage. Now I'm trying to remove the old wallpaper adhesive to prep for paint. I was planning to use dishsoap and a water from a spray bottle, with a plastic drywall scraper. And then a light...

Thanks all, appreciate it. I'm running the fan at night just to keep the air moving a bit. Also dropping the temp a bit. Seem to make the upstairs feel cooler.

this is what I have been doing - I'm not sure why I didn't think of it before. how big of a humidifier are you running, and do you need to replace them often? Oh no, not that.

Does anyone run their HVAC fan all the time, versus using the auto setting? It's been really hot in the east. We had a Carrier dual speed system installed a few years back. Our house is older (70's), with not the best insulation (that is my next improvement.) The temp between the upper and...

Thanks - not sure how I missed them at my local store. Maybe I need to visit the optometrist too.

Ugh...I have these all over my house. Good call on replacing with commercial. I'm having trouble finding them lately locally. You get them at a supply house?

for what it's worth, NY does not have an annual fee. (paying a fee to pre-pay tolls pisses me off.)

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Super cool build, really like that case. Today I learned about Nobara Linux - gotta check that out. Really wish I saw this first - my son and I just went intel for his build. (No reason, only because the AMD model numbers confuse me). What kind of monitors are you running? Good call on...