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		<title>More New Windows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The windows that I ordered back in April have finally arrived.  They&#8217;re all going in on the second floor, so I decided to build this scaffolding.  It took about $40 worth of lumber from Lowes, and an hour or two to put together.  This gives me a nice stable platform to work on the windows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=816</link>
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		<title>This one&#8217;s for Joe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I redid the trim around the garage last summer, I only had two 8&#8242; boards to cover a 18&#8242; span.  So I put one on each end and spliced a 2&#8242; section in the middle.  Sounds good right?  Well the problem was I didn&#8217;t do a very good job.  The two end boards were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=784</link>
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		<title>TV Stand for Marty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you remember Marty,  I mentioned he gave me a hand installing a skylight awhile back. Well he recently got a shiney new giant (73&#8243;!) TV and needed a TV stand for it. I built my TV stand a few years ago, which he liked, so we decided to build him one just like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=729</link>
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		<title>FrogTape and Painting the Molding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already mentioned I don&#8217;t like molding, well that goes for painting it too.  To do a good job you have to take your time, and be very careful, something I&#8217;m not very good at.  There also is a suprisingly large amount of it, particularly in a room with a plethora of doorways.  I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=726</link>
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		<title>Molding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t like doing molding.  First its very fiddly work, you have to measure, run downstairs and cut it, bring it back check your fit, trim it a bit, and then do it again.    Secondly its the final step in a long process which means that there is nothing later to hide your faults.  Basically [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=723</link>
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		<title>Flooring is In!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No more ugly faux tiles!  This was the most stressful, and by far the easiest part of the whole remodel.  Stressful because of the possibility that I ruined an expensive piece of floor with a bad cut.  I was also worried about slipping it under the door jams and molding.   You see, to look good [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=721</link>
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		<title>Cutting the Floor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the template all made up and inspected by my lovely wife it was time to cut it out.  I had been planning on doing this in the driveway or in the garage, but with a foot of snow on the ground, and 20 degree temperatures, that didn&#8217;t sound like such a good idea.  So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=718</link>
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		<title>Templating for the Floor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We wanted a wood floor in the laundry room, however a vinyl floor in the laundry room makes the most sense for us.  Its nice and easy on the feet, is very durable, and is waterproof.    With a wood floor, we&#8217;d be constantly worrying about getting water on it, or scratching it or whatnot.  We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=714</link>
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		<title>Furnace Cleaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the woodworking and spackeling I&#8217;ve been doing lately, I was worried that the furnace was getting covered in dust.  It only takes a thin layer of dust to wreck the thermal efficiency of the heat exchanger.  I do have a filter in there of course, but It doesn&#8217;t seal particularly well, so I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=712</link>
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		<title>Painting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a coat of primer, it was time for the top coat coat on the walls.    This nice blue color was actually one of the rejects from the master bathroom.  It&#8217;s Valspar&#8217;s Premium semi-gloss Beautiful Blue.  While we didn&#8217;t like it in the bathroom, I think its a great color for the laundry room, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.voidsmith.com/?p=708</link>
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