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Monday, April 6, 2015

How to Repair Kitchen Nook Wall - Part 1 of 5 - Wallpaper Damages

Razor knife + extra blades
By Gary Boutin
 
Supplies and Tools: 
Razor knife and extra blades
Tarps cotton 9 ft. x 12 ft.

I was called by a client in Santa Clarita, California. They were selling their home and moving to Colorado. After the Realtor checked each room of their beautiful home, she requested a huge laundry list of repairs that needed to be addressed immediately. One job was to repair the kitchen nook dining room wallpaper. Two kitchen windows had bad rubber seals and had completely dried up. Sprinkler water had passed the rubber seal creating the damages on the kitchen walls.

This post shows the four steps showing the damages to this kitchen nook wall.

Step 1: Fig.1 shows that all these walls have damages. Windows were not closed and water seeped inside the wall.
Fig.1 Dining room walls damages
left, middle and right wall repair
Step 2: Fig.2 shows that the right side of the wallpaper had huge bubble were the paper was free from the walls.
Fig.2 Right side bubbling wallpaper
Step 3: Fig.3 shows that most of the wallpaper by the baseboards were also moldy and had a black trace coming to the surface of the wallpaper.
Fig.3 Right side moldy wallpaper
  Step 4: Fig.4 shows how this section was cut and pulled away from the wall.
Fig.4 Right side ripped and cut wallpaper

How To Repair a Kitchen Nook Wall:


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Friday, May 10, 2013

How to Hang Pre-hung Door - Part 11 of 15 - Inside Door Taping

Fig.1 Taping tools
By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Razor knife with lots of extra blades
Corner bead with paper edge (2) 
Aviation snipers
Mud knife

Mr. Victor Longpont hired my services to remove his garage door that had become damaged after a bad rain storm. The door had not been painted for over 30 years, the bottom of the door was damaged by a badly worn door sweep that allowed water into the bottom of the door.

This post shows the six steps to apply interior taping to the door edge. Interior tapping will protect the edges of the walls. 

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the tools needed to get the job done. Aviation snip to cut the corner bead, wall tape to apply to the wall edges, mud for the wall, razor knife to cut the paper tape edges.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the corner bead with paper edges has been applied to the left side of the door. Fig.3 shows the right side corner bead is being fitted on the wall edges.
Fig.2 Applying on the hinge 
side joint compound 
paper tape
Fig.3 Paper applied 
on the right side
Step 3: Fig.4 shows the aviation snips cutting the paper edge and the metal middle of the corner bead. Fig.5 shows the corner bead has been cut and needs to be fitted to the door.
Fig.4 Using metal shears 
cut the corner paper tape
Fig.5 Ready for the
joint compound
Step 4: Fig.6 shows that the hinge needs to be cut of if placing the corner bead near the door. Fig.7 shows the right side top door frame has been fitted with corner bead.
Fig.6 Cut around 
the door hinge
Fig.7 Right side of the door

Step 5: Fig.8 shows the extra paper is being cut off the corner bead.
Fig.8 Trimming excess paper

Step 6: Fig.9 shows shows the final step to apply wall mud to the edges of the paper.  Once the mud has dried sand the wall to a smooth surface. This door is not going to have texture added to the wall edges. The area is now ready to be painted.
Fig.9 Smoothing the wall 
with wall knife

How to Hang a Pre-hung Door:

  • Part 1 of 15 Introduction Why Replace This Garage Door
  • Part 2 of 15 Removing The Damaged Door
  • Part 3 of 15 Door Hardware Removed
  • Part 4 of 15 Door Threshold Removal
  • Part 5 of 15 Installing Door
  • Part 6 of 15 Recycled Metal Removed
  • Part 7 of 15 Caulking Outside Door Edges
  • Part 8 of 15 New Door Hardware Installed
  • Part 9 of 15 Caulking Door Screws Holes
  • Part 10 of 15 Inside Door Mud
  • Part 11 of 15 Inside Door Taping
  • Part 12 of 15 Inside Door Painted
  • Part 13 of 15 Applying Stucco To Door Edge
  • Part 14 of 15 Exterior Door Molding
  • Part 15 of 15 Old Door Cut to Trash


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    Friday, March 22, 2013

    How to Expand Garage Partial Wall by Installing Wall board (Gypsum Board)

    Fig.1 The job
    By Gary Boutin

    Supplies and Tools:
    Mud
    Razor knife extra blades
    Sheet rock screws
    Sponge
    Wall tape 
    Wall board (gypsum board) 

    Mrs. Garcia wanted her garage partially walled with new sheetrock. She was told by her insurance company that the new washer and dryer that she wanted to move to that part of the garage must have wallboard to prevent garage fires. 

    This post shows the seven steps to install gypsum board on the garage wall. 

    Step 1: Fig.1 and fig.2 shows the area that she needed to have the new wallboard installed.
    Fig.2 Bottom wall
    Step 2: Look at the garage area that needs to be repaired. This is one time the wall needs to be measured. The wall will have wallboard screwed to the sides so the exact measurement is needed. One sheet of wallboard is a 4 ft by 8 ft wide. 
    Step 3: Fig.3 shows a razor knife with extra blades. Use this knife to cut the wallboard to size.
    Fig.3 Razor knife 
    and extra blades
    Step 4: Fig.4 shows that this job required one 4 by 8 sheet. The first board has been placed on the wall.
    Fig.4 Drywall 
    4 x 8 sheet
    Step 5: Fig.5 shows the sheetrock screws are all around the garage floor vent. Place sheetrock screws into the wood studs just slightly below the surface.
    Fig.5 Garage vent
    Step 6: Fig.6 shows the wallboard has been screwed in place using a cordless screwdriver with a Phillips bit. Now the wallboard need mud applied to the wall joint edges.
    Fig.6 Wall vent
    Step 7: Apply wall tape to the edges of the sheetrock and anywhere where two edges meet. Fig.7 shows wall tape being applied at the top of the wall and fig.8 shows the tape is brought to the bottom of the wallboard and the wood edge.
    Fig.7 Adding sheetrock tape
    Fig.8 Tape 
    the bottom
    Step 8: Fig.9 shows the perimeter edges have been taped the middle where two sheets come together must be taped also. The tape being applied to the wall and later it will be covered up with mud and sanded smooth.
     
    Fig.9 Paper tape
    Step 9: The last steps is the smooth out the bumps, on the wall tape and around the edges of the sheetrock. Fig.10 shows the use a tile sponge to wet sand the edges of the wallboard.
    Fig.10 Sponge smooth
    Step 10: Fig.11 shows the job is finished, except priming the wall and painting afterwards. This would be done by the home owner nephews.
    Fig.11 Drywall 
    finished

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