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Thanks for the quick answer. I know for sure that we dont want to go with a different fireplace insert. They are great to look at but not a good source of any real heat beyond the room it is in. I hope we make up our minds soon...there are so many to choose from!

RecklessTim

You can get fireplace inserts with blowers in them so they will transfer most of the heat to the room and not up the chimney. It's like putting a wood burning stove inside your existing firebox.

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Mystic

Thanks Tim, I've printed it out for my files as we'll ahve another go in the kitchen, I think.

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Fox Mulder

You definitely need a miter saw to do that as illustrated in Tim's picture--its viry difficult to do crown molding without it--you can do baseboard with a miter box but crown is difficult because its 3 dimensional. In fact, you shouldn't try crown molding unless you are very handy with tools and projects.

RecklessTim

Let me know when it gets to that time... like I said, there are a lot of other tips for putting up crown moulding.

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RecklessTim

It's funny you say that. I did a job at a mall once where they had 22" urethane crown mouldings that I had to install in the main corridors. The only way I was able to cut it was to make a large miter box and use a hand saw. It actually worked out quite well... I guess the moral of the story, there is a time and a place for everything.

<Take a look at this custom box... it is very similar to the one I needed to make at my job.>

The old wodden miter boxes are what I learned on. It gives you a good feel for cutting the crown mouldings at the right angle. As long as you have a good box and sharp saw, it should look as good as if you did it with a miter saw. I have always liked hand tools over power tools... I just never have the time on jobs to do it that way.

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Fox Mulder

Yeah--but you know what you're doing and have a knack for it and you are male (so you have the strength and endurance). I know for me, I will cut very close to the right length but just a hair long--sometimes its right, most of the time I have to shave some off, but its much easer to do that with a power saw obviously. The problem though for women is my wife is scared to death of power saws--she won't do it--she likes to do projects with me, but won't use the power saws, so for her, she would probably prefer a mitre box. But its is very difficult to do crown molding that way simply because its so thick and the cutting by hand is very tedious. And its takes some getting used to--the first time I ever did any mitre work were baseboards at my old house and I screwed up alot before I got the knack of it! I thought it was much easier working with the power saw. But that also had a laser marker to help with where to make the cuts.

What I do is when I need to do a job--I buy the tools I need so over the years I've built up to have just about everything. I learned that lesson when I rented a wet saw for cutting tile--thought I would be done in a day, but 3 days later I was into rental $120 bucks already. So I bought a diamond chip blade and used by table saw--cut it outside--lost of dust, but it was cheaper then buying a wet saw which was about $400. I guess my point is you are better off buying the tools you need in most instances rather than renting them.

Anyway, I actually like doing house jobs because my job is all mental so its a nice change of pace, just that I never have the time to do it.

HottyToddyChick

I really want to mount my microwave under the cabinets over my sink to give me more counter space since I have almost none. How do I do that?

Fox Mulder

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Fox Mulder

What model microwave do you have? There are ones designed for this purpose and come with mounting bracets. You're best bet is to find a Microwave that fits and is designed to be mounted.

HottyToddyChick

It's a GE. Itty bitty -ish thing. I live in an apartment and have NO counter space and just wanted to free some up. I'd say it takes up about half my space. I found some brackets online for over $300, and if I could just make a shelf for it, that'd be so much better.

This is what it looks like. The site says it's 1.1 cu. ft.

Fox Mulder

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Is your boyfriend handy, Hotty? I could rig up something really easily. Just tell him either he does it or no more Noogies!!!

Fox Mulder

Post a picture of the space you want to put it in.

Panic

For some reason my shower drains slowly. Like there's a little puddle of water around the drain during my shower! It does eventually drain in a minute or two but why isn't the water just going down the drain?

Should I try Liquid Plumber or Drano?

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HottyToddyChick

He is very handy, let me snap a picture and post it. I'll just go ahead and take a pic of my microwave too.