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Eddy Dumire Unloading 750 lb Carpet Roll
20 April 2016 | 15 replies
You can do this by yourself.It will come wrapped in plastic.Lay out a tarp or two where the driver can drive up on the tarps.Cut the plastic wrap only at the ends.There is a cardboard tube the carpet is wrapped around, pass a good rope through the tube to the other end at the front of the truck.Get a 2x6 or 2x8 board about 3 feet long and tie the rope on the board, make sure the knots are good.Truck backs up on the tarps.Tie the other end off to an immovable object, like your car frame.Truck pulls forward slowly and the carpet drops on the tarps. 
Justin Fox Pine wood floors on 2x4 risers?
10 May 2016 | 16 replies
They also had a plastic moisture barrier laid down, but over the 2x4s (directly under the wood flooring.  
Devon Curney Making Bandit Signs in Milwaukee "Repost"
15 May 2016 | 7 replies
I was l looking into bandit signs and saw a few videos on how to go to Home Depot to buy corrogated plastic sheet and to cut them to make the signs.
Jack B. Terms for hiring a contractor to do some work?
11 March 2016 | 1 reply
Get a utility knife, hammer, shop vac, and some plastic to lay on the ground.
Sam Akif Flooring in triplex
17 March 2016 | 5 replies
You should also be aware of what plasticizers were uses to make the products as that has become an issue (CNN had a big article about Home Depot's removing a certain one by the end of 2015).Finally yes there are other options but they all have their pros and cons; Ceramic has weight issues but is very durable, Wood in a rental (GOD FORBID, unless you're good at refinishing the stuff every time a tenant moves out, hiring it done is more money out of your pocket) is not something I'd recommend unless this is a high dollar real unit.
Stacy Davis Known Lead Issue In NH
4 April 2016 | 14 replies
In NH, a Certified Renovator (someone with the RRP certificate like I have) can scrape lead paint if the proper procedures are being utilized (signs, plastic, HEPA vacs, shrouds for power tools, wet-scraping only in HUD properties, proper documentation, etc), and you do not have to be a licensed "deleader". 
Kirsten Ostby How to block off a fireplace?
22 March 2016 | 3 replies
These didn't have dampers in place so we just took some type of thick plastic material and taped it into the top inside of the fireplace, then painted the inside all black.Another newer duplex we own has nice fireplaces with motorized vent fans installed.
Sarah Larbi Who has the best tenants ever? Great tenants DO EXIST
5 April 2016 | 52 replies
All tenants receive a bound handbook, "day 1" gift basket (with plastic ware, paper plates, etc.) and $15 pizza gift card upon move in.
Greg D. Looking for a light sensor to wire in series with my porch lights
29 March 2016 | 3 replies
One hole had a plug, one hole had the lamp socket, and one hole had the photocell.There is another one that's designed to poke through a single hole in the middle of a box cover plate; a plastic nut screws down to hold it in. 
Mike Watkins Easter ideas
1 April 2016 | 3 replies
no I put a plastic eater egg.