Step by Step Guide to Fixing Broken Wood Screws & Stripped Heads - DIY Construction

There is one of many major mistakes that novice and/or impatient do it your selfer's make. That's forgetting to make the hole for the screw. Cutting corners time wise can lead to a whole lot more work. Fortunately, in this circumstance though this is fixable.

If you are putting your screws, into something like softwood and you are using drywall or decking screws, which you can sometimes get away with, but if they break then you are going to have a problem on your hands. If you are not really adept at using an electric drill to insert your screws, you need to be careful at what you are doing. For example if you just happen to angle that drill a little to the side the wrong way then you will most likely strip the head of the screw. So now what? Well there is a solution.

If you are having a good day and this happens hopefully, it's above the surface that you were screwing into. Then it is easily enough rectified by using a pair or vice grips to grab the end of the screw and wind it out of the hold. If on the other hand it has broken beneath the surface chances are you would be better to just leave it there. Patch over the hole and start a new hole in a fresh spot.

If you have no choice but to remove the screw then there are few things you can do. If you have done this in the past then you may have discovered after you went to great lengths to fix it that you can actually buy a broken screw extractor at the hardware store just for this reason. Let's face it there really isn't much you can't buy nowadays is there. This handy little gadget is just a little metal tube that teeth have been cut out of in one end. You just have to attach the extractor into the drill. Then what it will do is take a core sample from around the broken screw.

Then you glue a wood dowel into place and simple put in a new screw over the repair.

Perhaps if you really haven't got the time or energy to run out to the hardware store for an extractor then you can do the repair the old-fashioned way. Just cut around the screw until you are able to grab the head of it with a pair of pliers. Then one you have removed the broken screw you need to repair the damage you created when digging it out. Just drill this area out and insert a plug according to the size of the hole.

If it's a hinge screw that broke then you can simply epoxy the head into the hole.

In the end, though the best fix is the preventative one. Learn how to drill and insert your screws correctly and take your time. You will find in the end that you have saved yourself a whole of time by not having to do the repairs.

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DIY Your Own Barn With Barn Kits

Barn kits are the perfect solution for adding a space on your property to shelter horses and tackle, snowmobiles and other ATVs or to create a workshop to start that business from home you've always dreamed about. Or maybe your dream about a barn home - Barn home kits are perfect if you like the look of a log cabin but prefer a finished interior.

Sometimes the hardest part of any project is knowing how and where to go to get started. Knowing where to access resources is a good place to begin in order to research an investment such as a barn project. Using a kit is an easy way to erect a building without trying to develop a material list hoping you purchase every last item from the framing materials down to the screws, nuts and bolts, or nails.

Farm building kits are complete structures that are all inclusive; including instructions on how to build your barn. Pole barns have come along way from back in the day when farmers would clear their pastures and use the rough cut trees to build the barn. Shed kits are readily available by simply placing an order for the kit that you select.

Some of these kits have open designs that are perfect to park campers, boats, planes, and other large vehicles under. Others are complete with walls and in some cases partitions or stalls that are perfect for protecting horses, cows, and other farm animals. Maybe you want to start a business refinishing antiques or a body repair shop and you need different bays to have your business work more efficiently: a barn kit that includes office space and wall partitions would be perfect in achieving that work from home business.

Barn home kits are becoming more preferred by people who like the rustic look of a log cabin and the comforts of a finished interior. They have the look and feel of a log cabin without the chinking or joint material you would typically find in a log home. They are more manicured, yet lend themselves to being the perfect mountain getaway or the home you want to raise your children in. Most outbuilding kits include all of the wood material including the exposed beams, siding, and stairs as well as the dormers and porches (when applicable in the design).

Whether you are looking to add to your existing home or build anew, a storage building kit can be the answer to creating that warm "homey" feeling you want to have at the end of the day.

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DIY Plastering Tutorials For The Beginners

For this article we will concentrate on applying plaster to a well sealed & prepared wall. There is a set pattern that you follow for applying plaster onto a wall, follow this and you should find your plaster application runs quite smoothly.

1: First off, decide which hand you will hold your plastering trowel in.

2: If for instance you are right handed, face directly at the wall to be Plastered, then look up towards the far left hand corner nearest the ceiling, & this is where you will start to apply your first strokes of plaster.

Basically, if you could imagine that the whole of your wall area is split up into four equal sections which we will call: A, B, C & D.

A is the top to middle left hand section of the wall.

B is the top to middle right hand section of the wall.

C is the bottom left hand section of the wall.

D is the bottom right hand section of the wall.

3: Apply plaster to the first section (A; the far left corner nearest the ceiling) once plaster is applied there.

4: Move over & onto the next section (B; across towards the far right hand corner nearest the ceiling) & that will be your first two sections covered.

5: Next, move onto the lower left hand corner of your wall, C; and apply your plaster there, overlapping slightly onto the first section that you have already covered.

6: Finally moving across & onto the final section (D; the far right hand lower corner of the wall.)

By now, your whole wall should be coated in the first coat of plaster.

To recap, apply plaster to the first section of your wall, once completed, carry on applying strokes of plaster as you move towards the next section of the wall. But do remember that each stroke of plaster applied must overlap slightly onto the the last stroke of Plaster that you have already just applied, that is to say, once you have applied a section of Plaster onto your wall, don't move right off the spot over to another area of the wall to apply again, instead, keep each stroke of plaster right next to, and overlap slightly, the last one as you move along your wall.

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