Should I replace mini blinds
Carolina R
2 years ago
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Comments (20)Frank, I have one of the Honda FG110 mini tillers talked about. It starts very easy and is very quiet since it is the 4 cycle and not the noisy 2 cycle. No mixing the oil/gas. It is also very economic to run. I was amazed after starting mine, warming the engine up (1st. time) then giving it a little throttle. Without the wheels on it I was able to give it just enough throttle to walk behind going across the grass to the area I was going to try it on. Worked perfect. Once to the area, (without the drag bar or wheels on) I gave it throttle and I was more impressed! It is so strong and so quiet. It dug down as deep as I wanted to go and turned the soil to a perfect planting texture. To move along forward all you have to do is slow the engine down just a little or rock the handlebars just a little. It will walk over big roots of trees with no problem. You can take off the outside tines and till a very small row of about 5" I believe which is great for weeding and making water ways for gardens. There are 4 ways you can transport it. Carry it with the carring handle, put it in a wheel barrell, with a little throttle walk it on the tines or use the transport wheels. The old 100 had gear problems from what I have read. The new FG110 has changed and incorperated a new worm gear for smooth, strong and reliable tilling. I LOVE mine needless to say! I use it everyplace now. Some people even pull theirs backwards. I have done that but cannot understand why others do. Maybe the soil they are working? I don't know how any other tiller could be as quiet, strong and reliable as the Honda FG110. I highly recommend it....See Moremini blinds form Depot for my rental
Comments (5)Hey chinchette, I just now sent you an email (let me know if there are problems receiving). I missed this post earlier. For anyone curious, I think camlan's LL just didn't install properly. As I've mentioned before here, I use vinyl miniblinds in rentals. I replace far too many to go with more pricey. I've had pet damage, soot damage, cracked slats from decorations hung on them (yup, that too), etc. IME any blinds over 30"-35" or so wide need the extra support bracket for the header installed (extra supports come with them). Kind of a nuisance to put those extra brackets up so some LL's might well skip that step. But if extra supports aren't added then when blinds are lifted (rather than tilted) the strain can be seen in the header. That's plainly visible when just doing initial install. If lifted regularly it probably would eventually crack. If those support brackets are used, it alleviates that strain. I also always remove extra slats from bottom, so end of blind rests at sill. Often there is a couple inches of packed slats at the bottom that don't need to be there and the excess weight is a strain on the header. Takes 5 minutes to pop those extra slats off and replace bottom piece so blind is then sized for window's height as well. And I do agree with camlan, if one of its purposes is to be lifted, one should be able to do that. (So were I the LL in that situation, I would not have charged camlan. They can and do last for years, but not forever.) And wider blinds (I just replaced a 60") have metal headers, but only cost about $25. Actually I see a lot of rentals (mostly houses, not apartments) in my area that when on the market LL does not even provide WT of any kind. Miniblinds I provide serve a couple purposes for me; security so it looks occupied & doesn't scream "Vacant house!" to vandals when I have one on the market, and it's just enough of a touch to show better and feel more 'homey'. (I can't stand a naked window, it just comes across as cold to me.) Ultimately for occupancy they are just meant to be a supplement to whatever WT the tenant's might want to use, every window has a rod supplied above for curtains. Tho I've had many tenants just use the blinds and not add anything of their own....See MoreAnyone have exterior French doors with mini-blinds in them?
Comments (5)Timely thread! I just spent the last two months shopping for a replacement patio french door plus a regular door coming into my laundry/mud room entrance. Will share my experiences if it helps. I did not want interior blinds in my french door (which, even though it is on the back of the house, it is my main entrance). Why? I knew I would never close them! We don't need the privacy that much. I did choose interior grids - they may mot look quite as authentic, but they will sure be easier to clean plus no painting. I priced Lowe's "house brands" - Reliabilt and Benchmark (which I think is made by Thermatru), plus Pella and Anderson. I just could not see paying the price for Pella or Anderson. I ended up with ordering Thermatru which, from my research, is a middle of the road (slightly higher end than Reliabilt, but cheaper than Pella and Anderson. I started shopping/researching through a true building supply/door and window shop for Thermatru, but actually ordered from a local small, town building supply store. I am getting it cheaper than the Lowe's house brands. It is going to be around $800. We will install ourselves (not, our handy-man will with the assistance of DH). I am actually replacing an older, 20 year old Thermatru which was metal and metal typically does not hold up that long. It is rusting out at the bottom. On to the mud room. I am replacing a pine wood slab door, which has absolutely no insulating value, but I just wanted a plain-jane fiberglass kitchen type door with the window in the top. I went with a cheaper HD house brand, Masonite, and I did order the blinds in this door. It is not hung yet, but sure looks good. The sales staff in Home Depot and Lowes really vouch for the interior blinds. They all tell me they have very few "failures" and they can be replaced if necessary. When I questioned how well the interior blinds would hold up, one of the sales guys gave this example: "We have a display door set up in the store - every shopper that walks by has to "try them out" so they probably get opened and close approximately 25 times a day and we have not had a failure yet". Makes sense. Just my 2 cents - I highly recommend you look at Thermatru. Tuesday...See MoreMini Reno -- Should I Hire a KD?
Comments (6)I am not sure if it would be much cheaper to rip things out and put new ones in, but it will sure be a lot faster. Refinishing takes a long time to do properly. When it comes to dismantling a kitchen, you have to be very careful not to damage things you'll want to use again. I don't think you need a designer, unless you feel you'd like to hire one. It depends on what you are budgeting and how happy you are with the current layout. I am not sure if any of the designers who post here do consulting work via email, but that might be an option for you to consider too... It may be worth your while to hire a contractor, as was suggested above. There are some costly errors that can occur if you have not done this before. Some KD's may also handle the tasks usually performed by the GC's. If you want to do everything yourselves, take your time, plan each step and determine what has to happen when. After you have completed each task look and think about how the rest of your planned additions are going to work with what you have done. ie: is there room to open a door ? Can the electrical circuits handle the loads you are planning for them ? Is the floor solid enough to handle ceramics ? There are a lot of really knowledgeable people here in the forum, and they are a warm and encouraging group, so if you spend time here reading and asking lots of questions you may be fine on your own. It seems that they are always more than willing to share their expertise. Good Luck !...See MoreCarolina R
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