Found 11 results for the keyword ‘Burn’
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Is it possible to re-enamel the inside drum of a clothes dryer?
Cathy from Montreal has an old clothes dryer that works fine, except that there are bare metal spots that are leaving burn marks on her clothes. She wants to know if it is possible to re-enamel the inside of her machine.Yes, as long as you use a high temperature metal paint.First clean the surfa... -
Repairing a burn hole in a countertop.
Last year we had a viewer who had a burn hole in a counter top from a hot pot. We showed how you can use the router to cut out the burn and create a recessed hole for a tile or a cutting board. See "The Plunging Router meets the counter top burn" .This year we got the same question again but th... -
The plunging router meets the counter top burn.
There is really no way to repair a bad burn in a plastic laminate countertop, but you can still save the counter. In this segment I used a plunging router to cut out a very flat hole in the counter, just the right size to put a cutting board right where the burn was. Don't forget to careful... -
Improving a wood chimney to stop backdrafting
Rick from New Brunswick is having problems with his wood stove backdrafting and he wants to know if it will help to box in the chimney on the outside of the house. Backdrafting or difficult starting with wood burning appliances is often a problem and there are several entries in this database ... -
Soap and static sheets could destroy your clothes dryer.
It's all about maintenance and one of our viewers had half of a very interesting story. Burnice writes: "I had a wonderful morning, the heating unit went out of my dryer! Why does everything seem to fall apart this time of year!??? The guy that fixes things went in to the dryer and pulled out t... -
Fire Safety & Installing Wood Burning Appliances
Wood heating appliances get hot -- that's why we use them -- but they also burn down houses. They are only safe if you install them safely. -- Let's start with the fascinating process of how wood burns; -- and now let's see how that process can happen inside your walls or floors near woo... -
WHAT IS OIL DOWNSIZING?
One morning the oil furnace and boiler companies woke up to discover they were the Canadian bad guys -- everybody was condemning oil burning heating and the government was even paying people to scrap them. The oil furnace and boiler companies had to admit that they had been pretty contented and l...
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