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I realize I'm resurrecting a thread from nearly a year ago, but I'm writing for the next person that comes across it. I bought a home last year that was built in 1967. I specifically checked to make sure the insulation wasn't something awful, but I dismissed my wife's concerns about asbestos...

Moved in in December, finally getting around to preparing the guest room for painting. Looking at the walls - and poking around a little - I realized it looked like the previous owner had painted (probably more than once) over wallpaper. For the most part, the walls are fine (not bubbling or...

I'm trying to take off an old showerhead that seems to be screwed onto the pipe, but doesn't seem to have a clear way to come off it. I was expecting to find a screw ring type thing that I could get a hold of, but I can only really grip the showerhead itself, which just turns and turns on the...

I don't know the mechanics of how both the inside and outside would have gotten painted shut, but I can visually verify it's the case. I have taken a putty knife through every side of the window from inside and tapped, whacked, jarred and pushed on it every way I feel comfortable (and honestly...

I am not sure on the mechanics of how it happened to begin with, but I can visually verify that the paint is covering the outside edges of the window. From the inside, I've already gone around the whole track of the window with a putty knife and freed every part of it; now I need to do that on...

Hey folks - I just moved into a home and wanted to be able to open the windows for ventilation while I paint some of the rooms, but the windows are stuck firmly. They've been painted shut, inside and outside, and even though I've freed all the parts I can reach inside, they won't budge - I need...