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• Posted in thread: Laminate Wood Flooring on 05-01-2012 at 05:50 PM
  Hello,I just bought 300 sq. ft. of laminate flooring for my living room. After pulling up all
  the carpet there is a spot near the door that was apparently tiled sometime because there is
  still a layer...

• Posted in thread: Tile over brick fireplace on 04-20-2012 at 07:20 AM
  How should I go about tileing over the brick without locking the insert in?

• Posted in thread: Tile over brick fireplace on 04-18-2012 at 05:21 PM
  I am getting ready to tile over this brick fireplace. Should I lay the tile on top of the brick
  or should I take the brick out? I am worried it may block my ventilation if I tile over the
  brick. Also,...

• Posted in thread: Fireplace Mantel on 04-15-2012 at 11:29 PM
  Thank you all for your help. There were four large screws holding the manel up, I was able to
  get two of them out after cutting back the drywall and the other two I just cut off. Thanks
  again.

• Posted in thread: Fireplace Mantel on 04-15-2012 at 04:09 PM
  So I cut some of the dry wall from above the mantel and there are several large bolts holding
  the mantel in place from behind. Now I am having trouble getting these bolts out. There is not
  a lot of ro...

• Posted in thread: Fireplace Mantel on 04-15-2012 at 01:42 PM
  I thought about that, but the mantel actually goes about an inch into the wall and I'm not sure
  how I would completely remove it without tearing up studs or what ever is behind it. I am
  thinking about...

• Posted in thread: Fireplace Mantel on 04-15-2012 at 10:19 AM
  I cut away everything around the mantel and still could not get it to budge, even with a few
  swings of the hammer. I decided to start cutting into the mantel to see if I could figure out
  how it was mo...

• Posted in thread: Fireplace Mantel on 04-14-2012 at 08:16 PM
  I tried cutting the mating from the mantel but I wasn't able to lift it. I hit it a few times
  with the hammer to try knocking it free. After the hammer didn't work; I started sawing into it
  to see if ...

• Posted in thread: Fireplace Mantel on 04-14-2012 at 11:27 AM
  I have a brick fireplace with a floating mantel that I am trying to remove. It is a 9 x 5.5 x
  84 wood mantel. There is no trim, no screws that I can see, it seems like it is cemented into
  the brick, b...