WATCH THE VIDEOS HERE: A friend of mine was looking to add a little character to his home. While in an antique shop, he came across an intricate door that happened to have all the features he was looking for. It was a beautiful door at one time and worth keeping around, but needed a […]
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By Grace Ombry We bought our home, a 1904 stucco American Foursquare, in November 1997. The following spring we decided to build a pine and epoxy fence in the backyard. White PVC picket fences were all the rage in the late 1990s, and while we liked the clean, bright, classic style of a traditional looking […]
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A Professional Technique By Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor When repairing or replacing missing sections of damaged wood trim such as in wood moldings, it helps to have a way to do it efficiently. If you’re repairing historically significant architecture, your method should disturb as little of the original wood as possible.
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A 2-Story Deck Repair by Jeff Blackmon Above: Blackmon’s two-story deck is supported by 6×6 redwood posts resting on concrete footings. I needed to make a deck repair because there was wood rot at the bases of the support posts for my large, two-story patio deck. This bi-level deck has patio furniture on the top […]
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By Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: The repaired camper panel is back in place on the camper. A coat of Krylon Fusion® textured, plastic-compatible paint completed the camper repair. Todd Lynch, one of our valued employees, brought in a damaged plastic panel from the back end of an 11-year-old pop-up camper and asked if […]