I hung up a shiny Mylar balloon ball with no success. Well, my resident woodpecker is at it again. Load up your roller, roll off most of it in the roller pan, then roll the rest on the wall.Īnother way to make sure the coats are thin is not to try to cover with one coat. The cure is to sand heavily enough to reduce or eliminate those cracks. The paint cracked because it was put on too thickly. The cracks are in the paint, not the plaster. In my 1950s house, I noticed cracks have ap-peared in my ceilings and walls. You might have to repeat the painting now and then, and the spray will only disguise the mess, but painting will make a big difference. This is possible, but it is fussy work.Īn easier way is to paint over the shingles with paint the same color as the roof shingles. You could remove the painted shingles and put new ones of the same color in their place. Damaging, heck, destroying them is more likely. You can’t remove it without damaging the shingles. Paint was dropped on an asphalt shingle roof during an amateur house painting project. The caulk will expand and contract with the movement of the panel and remain full in the crack. Scrape off overflow and wipe any left with a damp wet sponge. Yes, you can fix it: Apply a bead of adhesive caulk (widely sold in hardware stores) to the crack on one side, and press it in with your fingers. Then when it dried out and contracted, it could not move and so cracked. But more likely is that the panel, which is supposed to float free in the frame of the door, was very tight in the frame and swelled up due to moisture. The dark paint might have caused the door to overheat because it absorbed the sun’s heat and expanded. I think it’s because it was painted charcoal gray. One of the panels in my front door has cracked. So I say let the timers do their work that should be far less expensive than 24/7. I can’t imagine the timer for each candle is more costly than the candle itself. Sixteen candles? My goodness, the handyman has eight and already he is afraid to open the next electric bill. But I’m wondering if the timers use more electricity than the candles themselves.Īm I better off, both in terms of electricity cost and safety, if I just leave the candles plugged in 24/7 (and forget about the timers)? I asked my husband, and he was stumped.Ī. I have electric candles in all 16 windows facing the street, each connected to a light timer (so I can forget about turning each on and off). At least it is a small portion of the entire roof. I don’t think the ripples will go away, but if you can persuade Pop to wait, you can have a good time redoing that part of the roof in the summer. Defy Pop? You’re on thin ice there, but I agree you should wait and see what happens in the spring. I’d just as soon wait until spring to see what will happen by then.Ī. I think the shingles will eventually flatten out the paper, but my dad wants to rip out the small area (six squares) and redo it. ![]() We put the asphalt shingles on anyway, and the ripples still show a little. When my roof was redone recently, some heavy-duty roof paper was applied, and before we could put the shingles on, the paper rippled a bit. Posts are the most important part of a fence, and if you use 4-by-4 pressure-treated posts clad in vinyl, all will be well. Properly set up, the plastic will stand up to a lot of things – weather or humans and animals. Will that be sturdy enough to stand up to weather and other (human) abuse?Ī. My condo association is thinking of putting up some plastic fencing. Your best bet is to have a chimney sweep check it out and reconnect it or replace any broken parts. ![]() I think the connection has separated or broken off.
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