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There are two major types of air conditioning in a home. One is a unit that is incorporated into a forced air furnace. This is called an HVAC system, which stands for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The other major type is a portable A/C, which classification contains both window and stand-alone portable units. Depending upon which type is used, bedroom doors can be effective opened or closed.
Ripping up an old weathered driveway will require planning and the right equipment to complete the project safely. If you're hiring a paving contractor to install a new driveway, he will generally handle the demolition and removal of driveway debris. Because of the heavy machinery required and the amount of debris involved, this task is not generally considered a simple do-it-yourself project.
The optional, integrated HomeLink transmitter for your 2001 Chevrolet Suburban is a nifty device, allowing you to operate up to three garage door openers. Programming the HomeLink feature will not only save you from having to fiddle with one or more clunky garage door openers, but also promote better security; it's much easier for a criminal to swipe a small transmitter from your vehicle's glovebox or visor – to gain access to your garage or home – than it is to steal a whole vehicle.
Opening a Skype webcam remotely is so simple that it is almost creepy. Open a Skype webcam remotely with help from a computer expert in this free video clip.
The wiring on garage door sensors needs to be installed in very particular ways for the most accurate possible results. Install the wiring on garage door sensors with help from a co-founder and senior adviser at FrontPoint Security in this free video clip.
Putting in a new driveway increases your home’s curb appeal and boosts its value. To keep that new driveway looking new for years, it’s essential to pour the concrete on a solid base. The need for soil compaction depends on the type of soil in your area and the method of excavation. In general, the contractor digs no deeper than necessary to keep from disturbing already compacted virgin soil. Compaction methods vary since soil composition varies.
Running a tunnel under a driveway may seem like a daunting, almost impossible task, but it doesn’t have to be. You can let water pressure do most of the work for you so that you end up as the guide instead of breaking your back with a shovel or a pick. It can get pretty messy, but in the end it is worth the mess to get the job done quickly and without a struggle.
By far a more resilient material than glass, the clear plastic panels known as polycarbonate, which often serve as garage door windows, nonetheless require occasional maintenance. Even the best of polycarbonate garage door windows will break or crack after repeated abuse by basketballs, errant Frisbees and random shenanigans. When that happens, there is no reason to panic or call a garage door company -- because the repair of a polycarbonate garage door window is very simple. Any homeowner should be able to replace such a window in a matter of hours, even with a small budget and limited tools.
The Proline Lynx garage door opener has a gear set beneath a white sprocket at the top of the garage door opener unit. Access and remove the gear for replacement by removing the cover on the Proline door opener unit and removing the sprocket and screws, while adjusting the limit switch clip. Professional help is not required.
The framing above the opening of a garage door must be strong, as it spans a long distance with no support from underneath. Much like the framing above a regular door or a window opening, a header must be installed to support the weight of the building from above. A garage door header may sag over time, giving the exterior of your garage an unsightly appearance. A header is made up from a few pieces of wood, and replacing one can be accomplished by homeowners with average do-it-yourself skills.
The mounting brackets on a roll-up garage door are responsible for guiding the rollers along the door's rails when opening and closing the door. A lack of properly installed and placed mounting brackets can cause normal door operation to immediately fail, requiring bracket replacement. You can install new mounting brackets on your roll-up door without professional assistance.
For many homeowners, a garage is not just housing for a vehicle. It can be a workshop, pantry, storage area or place to grill steaks during a summer storm. However, an open garage door, a necessity for ventilation and natural light, also admits bugs, rain and dust. Garage door screens hold the elements at bay and come in a variety of colors. They are bulky but simple to make, using a sewing machine capable of heavy canvas work, patience and an occasional helping hand.
While overhead garage storage is often intended to make efficient use of space, it may also be hard for some people to access when needed because of its height. Attic storage and lofts can be difficult or unsafe to reach, especially in crowded garages or when a ladder isn't available. Alternate storage solutions allow you to lower your overhead garage storage for easier access and more efficient use of the space. These include ceiling-mounted shelves, adjustable storage hoists and wall-mounted hooks and brackets.
There's not much more annoying than pulling into your driveway in your car only to find that you've left your garage door opener remote control inside the house. One way to prevent this hassle is by installing an integrated garage door opener in your car. An integrated garage door is a switch affixed permanently or semipermanently inside your car that allows you to open the garage door by remote control. This handy hack will work in many car models, including Hondas.
Over time, a garage door can become damaged due to exposure to the weather or by being hit by a car. When this happens, you can replace the damaged garage door with a new one. Garage doors often are constructed of steel, but if you have an older home, wooden garage doors may be more suitable. Having an assistant can make this project easier, especially when handling the heavy door panels and spring.
Converting a carport to a fully enclosed structure requires good design for curbside appeal. To create a neat enclosure, use materials that harmonize with the house, especially if the carport is connected to the house or close by. Your goal is to construct the enclosure as a garage space with a movable front door on tracking that lifts with a garage-door opener system. Build the roof line of the enclosed carport to look original to the house construction. Use roofing materials, overhangs and paint colors that complement the house, too.
One of the standard methods of reducing icing on an asphalt driveway is shoveling each day. If you can reduce the amount of snow that falls on the driveway, you can prevent the snow from compacting and turning into slippery ice. While this provides an initial first step, you will have to follow up with a treatment such as sand or salt to reduce the amount of new snowfall that may accumulate on your asphalt driveway.
An arched door opening adds an interesting architectural element to what otherwise could be a plain-Jane box of a room. You can use Sheetrock, or any other brand of drywall, to convert a door opening with standard rectangular framing into an archway that will complement any decor. The rounded door top is easiest to create when you are initially installing drywall on the walls around the door opening. If you are remodeling a room, remove the existing drywall and any trim from the wall and woodwork from around the doorway.
Garage doors are typically the largest moving part of a home and as such occasionally require maintenance for proper operation. Manual garage doors have fewer parts than automatic ones and are generally easier to service. The angle of a manual garage door may need to be adjusted if it is not closing properly. The track may need to be straightened, bent or entirely replaced in the case of a remodeling of the garage opening. Minor repairs can be accomplished with a few basic tools. Major repairs should be done with at least one other person to help maneuver the cumbersome…
Automatic garage door openers represent significant conveniences for homeowners who have them installed, allowing them to open their garage doors automatically without needing to exit their vehicles and lift them manually. However, automatic garage door openers rely on electronic systems that sometimes fail. Most of a garage door's electronic components, such as the lighting, wiring and logic board, are installed in the motor unit, which hangs from the garage ceiling. Accessing the motor unit's electronics will allow you to replace faulty electronics with replacement parts that you buy or receive from the manufacturer free under warranty.
Safely keep your tools, clothes, appliances and holiday gear by building a storage cabinet with sliding doors for your garage. With some lumber and plywood, you can build a 7-foot tall cabinet to prevent even your bulkiest possessions from catching dust and mold. Decide later if you'd rather install shelves or hooks, or both, based on your needs.
Garage doors use two different types of spring systems to balance the doors' weight, which make it less difficult to open and close them. Some garage doors have springs on a torsion bar above the top of the door while others have springs that stretch on each side of the doors. Fixing an unbalanced garage door requires adjusting the spring tension. If your garage door has torsion bar springs, the adjustments must be done by a professional. However, most homeowners can make adjustments to stretch spring-operated garage doors.
If you're finishing a basement or another unfinished portion of your home with a stairway that leads down to it, you have the opportunity to add storage space underneath the stairway. A door makes it easy to get into this under-stairway space; so when you're framing in the area, it only makes sense to frame an opening for a door. Once you've decided where the door will go, the process follows conventional framing procedures.
Estimating a garage awning involves assessing the size of the garage to be constructed; the type of materials involved in building the garage awning; and the cost of each of the materials. Constructing the garage awning builds on the information contained in the estimation. Here the materials are cut to shape, built into a frame and attached to a building to support the weight of the awning. A solid floor is often added to support the weight of vehicles, but this is not always needed or desired.
Most standard driveways are made of concrete. Single driveways vary in width from 8 to 9 feet while double driveways are usually 15 to 18 feet. The finishing touches on a driveway typically are applied just before the concrete dries. Homeowners choose from a number of driveway finishes, but a broom finish offers several advantages over the other finishes.
Whether for business or personal use, computer users spend a lot of time using email to exchange messages and share important documents. Often, these documents are sent as attachments, which can be saved and opened through word processing or PDF-reader programs. If you're having trouble opening your attachments, security or software compatibility issues could be the cause. You'll need to explore several possible causes to get to the root of the problem.
Just because the police tell you to open the door doesn't necessarily mean you have to. Learn about laws on opening the door for police with help from an attorney in this free video clip.
When it comes to opening a door for a lady, there are a few things that you should always do. Find out about etiquette for opening a door for a lady with help from a lifestyle expert in this free video clip.
Homeowners raise their foundation for a variety of reasons. Raising the foundation can avoid costly home damage from floods and other natural elements. In some cases, the foundation is separated naturally from ground movement over time. After raising the foundation, other areas and fixtures, such as the driveway, can be damaged and require repairs.
Sometimes stairwells on porches, decks and in the basement are built with no risers between the steps. Risers are the boards at the end of each step that close off the stairwell. These are sometimes left off for aesthetic reasons. Installing stairwell risers on an open-end stairwell requires some precision measuring. It is not necessary, or advised, to remove the steps unless they require replacement. Removing and reinstalling the steps weakens them and shortens their lifespan.
If your garage floor sinks, you may be able to keep the original slab, and raise it back to the proper position. When done correctly, lifting a garage floor, also called slab jacking, can save time and money that would otherwise be spent replacing the floor altogether. Building regulations typically apply to the garage floor itself; the extensive slab jacking repairs allow the slab to once again meet code.
Using the wrong light bulb, or a higher bulb wattage than your garage door opener light socket is rated for, can cause damage to the light socket inside your LiftMaster garage door opener. The design of the LiftMaster garage door opener allows you easy access to the light bulb and the light socket, but when it comes to replacing the damaged light socket, it requires a LiftMaster compatible socket. Ensure you obtain a replacement light socket for your LiftMaster garage door model before attempting the replacement.
Converting a garage into a living or workshop space often involves removing the garage door and replacing it with a wall. Once you've removed the door and related hardware like springs and pulleys, the hardest part of the job is over. Because you can attach the wall to the header spanning the opening, you can build the frame on the ground, lift it into place and drive screws into the header and the sides of the opening to hold it. Adding a window to the wall doesn't add much complication to the overall task.
If you are planning on installing your own driveway, then you not only need to know how to put in the driveway, you also need to know how to form the driveway approach, or entrance. This is the link between the driveway and the road that it lets out into. A properly formed driveway approach increases safety for both you and other drivers.
Overhead garage shelving is an excellent way to make use of the often unused space above eye level in a garage. Enclosing these shelves ensures that the items being stored within will not become damaged during their storage in the garage. The enclosure also protects the enclosed items from dust and moisture. Because the project requires heavy-duty construction, it is more practical to build the shelving on the ground, then install it against the wall, rather than performing all of the construction from atop a ladder.
Genie garage door openers operate with a rail coupler that attaches the rail assembly to the motor head. If the garage door hits an obstruction, the rail coupler breaks off and protects the motor. If your Genie garage door motor runs but the screw does not turn, the Genie rail coupler -- part No. 30257T -- needs replacement. Other symptoms include grinding noises in the back of the motor head and a visibly thread-less, or stripped, coupler. Genie-brand replacement rail couplers retail for about $5, as of the date of publication, and are easy to install.
Garage doors come in a variety of dimensions, but 9 feet by 7 feet is a common size. Garage doors are composed of multiple panels joined together; each panel is narrow enough so that the the wheels on either side of it can navigate the 90 degree curve in the door track. If a panel warps or suffers impact damage, you'll likely have to replace it rather than repair it. It is usually cheaper to replace an individual panel than it is to replace an entire door. Replacing the panels on a 9-by-7-foot garage door requires a few basic tools.
Garage cabinets are typically used to store some of the largest and heaviest items in a home. As such, it's necessary for these cabinets to be built to a durable standard and a large scale. Use 2-by-4 boards to make a sturdy frame for garage cabinets, and enclose them with plywood to protect their contents from damage and theft. Sliding doors are particularly practical for garage cabinets in areas without excess space for opening large outward swinging doors.
Aside from housing vehicles, storage is one of the main things homeowners use their garage for. If you want to make use of extra space in your garage for storage but do not want to install built-in cabinets or purchase pricey storage units, consider building your own storage units on wheels. Storage units on wheels can be moved wherever you need them and they will not permanently take up valuable space in your garage.
Your garage door uses a series of hinges and fixtures to hold the stems of the garage door rollers. The rollers slide up and down the door tracks when operating the door. The top of the garage door should fit snugly against the trim stop of the opening. If there is a gap allowing drafts, it is possible to make a garage door fit tighter at the top by adjusting the top section fixtures.
A driveway drag is a simple yard implement designed to grade gravel driveways that have become bumpy due to extended use and heavy rains. Though a drag can be almost any wide, heavy object pulled behind a truck or tractor, one of the most effective types of homemade driveway drag is made out of a metal bed-spring. The numerous springs stir up the gravel as they pass over it and spread the driveway smooth in your wake.
Rough openings in walls need to be large enough to hold the door as well as the framework the door is attached to. In the case of a door in a concrete wall, the rough opening must also be large enough for an additional framework which the door framework mounts to. This framework often adds at least 3 inches to the width and anywhere from 2 to 10 inches to the height. If the rough opening in your concrete wall is not large enough, it is possible to make the existing opening larger.
A garage door is subject to a variety of elements, including wind, rain and sun. While materials such as fiberglass fare very well in these conditions, wood traditionally does not. If you have a fiberglass garage door with wood strips that have seen better days, you can remove and replace the wood without having to replace the entire garage door. This project will take approximately two days to complete, from start to finish.
Gladiator GarageWorks cabinets offer heavy-duty storage for your garage. Produced by the Whirlpool corporation, these storage units are designed to store tools and other heavy objects in garage and workshop areas. Gladiator GarageWorks cabinets come in smaller, modular styles or larger, stand-alone sizes. Most styles of Gladiator GarageWorks cabinets come with standard fixed legs but can be equipped with casters for mobility. All units may be permanently mounted to the wall.
A business owner can take a depreciation off his taxes for a paved driveway he put in to improve his facilities. The Internal Revenue Service provides a thorough guideline for determining the amount of appreciation, and by following its rules the process becomes a matter of plugging the correct information into the correct form. Consult your tax adviser for any specific information concerning your business.
Laying stone along the sides of your narrow asphalt driveway adds an attractive border to the driveway while providing a wider, paved surface for use. One type stone used for creating the border are sett stones. These stones resemble cobblestones, but are cut at a quarry, rather than left in their natural, uncut state.
A visually appealing driveway contributes to a positive first impression of your home, but it may put you in a quandary when you consider all of the paving options. A well-planned gravel path offers you a comparatively inexpensive option that is easy to maintain and less susceptible to problems caused by extreme weather conditions. If you live in an area with clay soil, you have a head start on landscapers with sandy soils, since builders often recommend laying down a clay base under the gravel foundation. A few simple modifications solve potential drainage problems in rainy climes, as well.
Flush panel garage doors have a smooth face without any mullions. The flush panel is either an inexpensive pressboard or plywood depending upon the manufacturer and the model. Water damage on flush panels from heavy rain or a flooded garage requires immediate repair to prevent further damage to the inside wood of the door section. If the panel is soft enough that you can press it in with your hand, call a professional to replace the section. Fixing a flush panel garage door facing after water damage is possible if the facing is not completely saturated.
Electrolux manufactures a line of microwave ovens under the Frigidaire brand name. Frigidaire microwaves are available in countertop, over-the-range and built-in models. Regardless of the style, Frigidaire microwaves contain an internal door switch component that prevents the appliance from operating with the door open. A faulty door switch can stop the microwave from working even when the door is closed. You can troubleshoot or replace a problem door switch, but because the repair is extensive and potentially dangerous, you may wish to consult an appliance technician.
There isn't a heaven built just for concrete. Smash it or stomp on it -- it's not going away. The best you will accomplish is small chunks of gravel and a very sore body that cannot forget the feeling of a jackhammer. There's a better way, however -- recycle the concrete for driveway paving. Much like flagstone or brick, chunks of concrete -- called urbanite -- are laid in a base, filled around with sand or gravel and sometimes finished with stain. Not only does it look expensive, but it conserves fossil fuels required to produce new paving materials and…
