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    Tin Ceiling Install Dilemma

    Has anyone out there ever installed a tin ceiling? We attempted it this weekend with bad results. The tiles are 24X24 and according to the directions received from American tin ceiling company, (where we got the tiles) they have little dimples on them to help with the install. Problem is, the...
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    HELP! Hardwood fllor is buckling and cupping.

    Nope, these are at the edge of the planks. The long side. The 5 1/4 width boards we used were really crooked and hard to lay and he drove the wedges at the end to keep them in place. We haven't put down our floor trim in some of the rooms so you can look down and literally see the wedges. My...
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    Wood panelling dilemma

    The house we currently live in has all paneling walls, the really dark grain kind. I have painted all of them. I would suggest using a primer like KILZ before you paint. You can have it tinted to match the color paint you are going to use. I painted all of our walls a lighter color to...
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    HELP! Hardwood fllor is buckling and cupping.

    We have used ADVANTEC Plywood under the floors with #15 paper on that and then the floors. Where we did random widths the contractor wedged some of the strips at the walls edge. Have you ever heard of that? My husband is in construction, (commercial concrete) but he has been around a lot of...
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    HELP! Hardwood fllor is buckling and cupping.

    I really hope that this is something that can be fixed without too much trouble. We have recently laid random width #2 unfinished hardwood flooring in our new home. Our basement is unfinished and damp. Now after about 6 weeks our floors are like a roller coaster. Is there anything we can do...
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