Tile Causing Leg Discomfort
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sinus headaches caused by weather changes
Comments (48)Hi @lazy_gardens...I have attempted to collect actual proof in the form of photos; but as involving someone else isn't really practical I've relied on selfies, which themselves can vary in lighting, the angle of my head and the distance of the camera. And I'm not tech-savvy enough to be able to do the overlays you describe on a computer screen. But I agree that this would be a way to tell for sure if there's an actual difference. More recently I've been taking measurements with digital calipers along with recording atmospheric data, but either there's too much user error (i.e., inconsistency in measuring) or the weather has not yet changed significantly enough to collect any real "evidence." My mention of sinus contraction and expansion comes from a recent paper I came across, which describes differences in the size and shape of the maxillofacial sinuses and the corresponding nasal cavities in response to atmospheric conditions (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.22655/full). However I wasn't sure if this was describing real-time changes taking place in a person's face or simply adaptive traits evolved in hot and humid vs. cold and dry environments. I have written the author for clarification but haven't yet heard back. Your point on bone movement being painful is well-taken, though; but I still wonder if the issue isn't related to the changing air pressure in the sinuses with changing humidity (humid air being less dense than dry air). I've also learned that blood pressure is lower in low-pressure atmospheric conditions, due to the relaxation of blood vessels, and wonder if this might also (or alternately) be a factor. I've started using a neti pot experimentally to see if different salt concentrations have any effect and may also try other recipes as well....See MoreWhat caused you to go over budget with your remodel?
Comments (36)When you give a mouse a cookie .... That's what happened to us. Kitchen remodel - check. Replace the knob and tube wiring in the whole house to the tune of $18k - check. Bump out the back of the kitchen to move the laundry room inside - check. Stucco the bumped out kitchen - check. Landscape the back yard because the new windows in the bumped out kitchen look over the back yard - check. Build a wrought iron fence and haul in loads of crushed granite to keep the dogs in one portion of the yard and not tear up the new landscaping - check. Add more flagstone patio to connect the existing patio to the new bumped out kitchen - check. Paint the brick on the outside of the house - check. Go ahead and paint all of the window trim and wood work around the house - check. Replace the garage doors because the new bump out of the kitchen went into the posts of the garage - check. Get the flagstone guys to install brick over the new stucco on one side of the house so it all matches on that side - check. Rip up the carpet and refinish the original hardwood floors in the DR, LR and hallway - check. Enjoy it immensely - check A year and a half later, start it all over again with bathrooms. And reworking every closet in the whole house. And repainting the whole house. And repairing and making the 75 yr old painted doors look new. And adding insulation. And on and on and on. It was suggested before we ever started to tear the whole thing down and start from scratch. It may have been cheaper. :)...See MoreVanity legs against bull-nose baseboard...advice needed!
Comments (22)I'm of the same mind that the more durable and hardest to repair surface wins. In this case, the tile wins since the vanity is moveable. For a floating vanity (vanity attached to wall) or for a built-in vanity for example, the vanity would win. Compromises can be made. Vanities can be altered. You have a vnaity like the one weedy posted, with feet. The feet can be relocated and inset so they don't conflict with the wall trim. Even with continuous legs like the vanity that edwina posted, I've cut off the legs and rebuilt the bottom of the cabinet. Sometimes you can add aftermarket feet, inset, either stained to match, ebonized, or painted, and the cabinet looks like it was designed that way. Or based on the cabinet design, it might look better with a bit more trim or with bottom rails added on the bottom...or even building a small inset platform and setting the footless vanity on that. I've made base platforms and even included a pull-out drawer for storage. There are several ways to attack it. If you do decide to let the vanity take priority and you cut the tile around the vanity, order enough tile so if the vanity is ever removed you have tile to infill as needed. Make sure that the infill tile will flow across the room. ie, you don't want the tile layout to run from the left wall to the vanity. Done. Then have the tile run from the right wall to the vanity. Done. You don;t want two separate independent layouts. If that happened and you ever had to infill, the two independent field patterns might not match up. It simply takes a little more thought. Some ways are better than others, but not all people think the same or see things the same, so my "better way" may not be the same as your better way. It's a different strokes for different folks thing....See MoreKitchen chairs - problem with bottom of legs
Comments (11)I have returned to town and spoken to Room & Board and am rather upset. They say there is nothing they can do to fix the chairs. The only option is that I can return them less a 15% fee (assuming no other damage which there is not). I don't think this is right as the chairs are not usable as received -- they didn't come with a notice that the bottoms will come off if used on certain kinds of flooring. What do you guys think?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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