Don’t give up on stuck nails. If you have trouble extracting old, rusty nails from lumber, try pounding the nailhead a little before pulling. It sounds contradictory, but pounding the nail breaks up ...
Q. I want to save the 110-year-old bead-board ceiling in my kitchen. We took off ugly tile to reveal dark brown bead board full of old nails. My contractor says any paint that we use, primer or not, ...