Posts Tagged ‘Apartment’

Best way to hide nail holes in drywall?

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
yendis asked:


I’m moving out of my apartment and I have a lot of nail/screw holes, up to 3/8 in size. What is the easiest, cheapest, quickest way to hide the holes?

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What kind of nails/screws should I use to hang curtain rods in apartment drywall?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
k k asked:


Where can I buy them? How can I make sure they are set up at the correct height and even?

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Drywall Experts – How Much should having someone fix this ***** in ceiling, Cost me?

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Independent_guy asked:


To have a drywall person or handyman do the following (required due to ***** in the ceiling):

- replace 1 or 2 damaged drywalls at ceiling
- replace wet insulation and vapor barrier
- skim coat and paint ceiling in dining room.
- supply and install drip edge on south side of apartment. (this I believe was the
cause of the problem – not having a drip edge AND not removing snow from roof
causing ice backup)

Location: Ontario, Canada.

$250?
$500?
$1000?

Please be honest and realistic as possible. THANKS.

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Is it worth installing drywall over a brick wall to make the room warmer?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Cold in Italy asked:


I moved to Italy and bought an apartment. The houses here aren’t insulted like in the U.S. They have brick walls and plaster; that’s it. My bedroom which has one outside wall gets kind of cold in the winter. I have new windows and the cold doesn’t enter through them. The whole wall just gets pretty cold. I was thinking about covering that wall with drywall. Between the two, I want to put a sheet of material which is about 1/8th of an inch thick. One side seems to be of aluminum and the other a spongy type material. I think this is normally used when putting in a parquet floor (between the sub-floor and the parquet).

Do you think this might work and make my room at least a couple of degrees warmer? Also can I attach the drywall directly to the wall using screws and anchors or should I put up studs like in the good ol’ USA?

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How do I fix a HD cable sized hole that goes from the outside of a stucco’d wall and into my apartment?

Monday, April 21st, 2008
Robert O asked:


So in order to get the sweet sweet Direct TV, their contractors had to drill a hole through my apartment wall. The problem now, is fixing it so I won’t get charged for it. The outside of the wall is stucco painted a brownish red color, and the inside is a normal looking wall (drywall). How can I fix this so the aprtment owner doesn’t charge me?

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