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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Selecting Functional and Decorative Curtains for Sliding Glass Doors

Sliding doors are often the focal point of many homes. Whether they are installed near the patio or the terrace, they provide plenty of daylight for your interiors and help keep any home from looking too much gloomy. However, searching for the suitable curtains for sliding glass doors can be hard since this is a large dimension of an area that should be accommodated. Sliding glass doors don't have uniform sizes so there are no standard sizes of curtains that you can purchase.

The first thing you must consider if you are shopping for curtains for your sliding glass doors is if you really need curtains at all. There are people who prefer vertical panels for sliding glass doors since they are cheaper and easier to use. You can shop easily for numerous types of curtains with different colors and materials and they can be very flexible. If you have pets that love to play with curtains, then vertical panels are usually a good selection.

Aside from curtains, vertical blinds are conventional classic window decors. These are composed of movable vanes that can be drawn horizontally in either direction for opening the windows. A wand is provided to control the blinds.
However, if you are determined on curtains, then you must decide how you want them tailored. There are people who like them to be split in the middle, while there are home owners who prefer one big drapery that slides horizontally. This preference is really important since it determines how many curtains you need for your sliding glass doors.

Then you must also consider the color. Most people would choose a lighter tint, since the large size of these curtains could be too barren in darker shades. However, there are few downsides with lighter tints. If you there are someone in your house who smokes, then these curtains could catch the smell and stains from smoking. On the other hand, darker draperies could fade if exposed regularly to sunlight.
You could have several sets of curtains - an inner layer that is lighter in tint allows sunlight to pass through and a darker layer that will protect your interiors from the dangerous sun rays during summer time and will keep you warm during the cold season. Choosing double sets of curtains would mean installing two curtain rods. 

This can be more expensive, but you can save more from energy bills.
Ultimately, you cannot consider purchasing curtains without considering about curtain rods that will secure them up. Since these rods will secure the curtains that can be incredibly heavy, they should be hard-wearing rods. Several people like rods that are not visible, while some would use the rods to enhance the design of the curtains by adding intricate designs on the brackets and ends. So it will be up to you which rods you choose.

Regardless of what kind of curtains, you are searching for, you can find them from online sources. You can look for curtains in varied sized aside from tailor made items, at very competitive prices.


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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Do It Yourself Tips From A Resident Handyman

Updating your home with new appliances will not only make your home look better but perhaps save you money in the long run. New appliances can save you money because newer appliances are more efficient. Look into buying energy saving appliances and see if you qualify for tax credits.

If you want to make your house shine then look to the curb appeal. First impressions are important with people, and they are just as important to your home. Consider repainting if your color is fading or is dated, and choose colors and other details that fit into the era of your house.

A common occurrence in many homes is a leaky shower head. This is caused by a defective or damaged O-ring inside of the head. To stop the leak, simply apply tape to the head, and twist the head off with a pipe wrench. Find an O-ring that fits your head and place it in. Place pipe sealer around the pipe threads and screw the head back on, with a final tightening from the pipe wrench. Then test the head for any further leaks.

Any home improvement project intense enough to involve opening a house's walls should include some new wiring for modern electronics. Even though the cutting edge of high-tech has moved on to wireless computer networking, adding integral Ethernet wiring to your home increases network security, offers added convenience and improves resale value.

A great home improvement tip is to invest in motion detectors for your outdoor lighting. Motion detectors will turn lights on only when movement is detected, and will swiftly shut off when there is none. Having motion detectors on your outdoor lights will save you a lot of energy and money.

Buying used chairs with bad upholstery on the seat portion isn't all bad. A lot of times, you can easily remove the seat, take out the staples holding the stretched fabric across the cushion and switch it out. You can mix match any fabric of your choice, and staple it back to the bottom with a heavy duty stapler.

If you realize that your heating costs are a bit more than you expected to be paying, you should have someone install some better insulation to your home. While this may be a bit pricey, it is much less than you would have to pay for inflated utility bills, over time.

If you are doing a home improvement project that involves demolition, slow down and take your time. It may be exciting to smash that wall open, but you could damage structural supports, plumbing, or electrical connections. The same is true of pulling down cabinets and other fixtures. Once you've demolished it, it can't be put back, so pay attention to what you're doing.

Keep your partially used can of drywall compound from drying out between uses! All you have to do scrape and wipe the insides of the can down to the surface of the remaining drywall mud. Next, pour just enough water onto the mud to cover its surface. Before you use it again just pour off the water and it will be as good as new!

Your head may be spinning from all the advice and expertise you have just read. But take these tasks one at a time. Step by step, you can transform the problems and shortcomings of your home, into reasons for pride. Yes, you fixed those things. Better yet, when the tasks are finished, you can sit back in your favorite chair with a feeling of pride.


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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Stepper-Motor in Modern Hobbyist Projects - Considerations of Size

A stepper-motor is often used in projects where robustness is required. The device's simplicity ensures a good chance of it working even in some pretty hostile arenas - for example where dust or sand is present in quantity, or where there is a risk of water ingress into a project. It's also relatively cheap, which means the hobbyist is able to instil some movement and positioning control into his or her project without spending over budget.
There is, though, a problem with the use of the stepper-motor. In fact there are two. One is that the motor itself limits the designed in terms of size - and the other, that there's a torque limitation as well.

Let's attend to the size issue first.

The stepper-motor is essentially a metal gear cog surrounded by electro magnetic coils. The cog is moved by switching different coils on and off in a sequence. Every time the cog moves, it has performed one "step" in its complete sequence - hence the name of the motor.

The more complex the dance you want your cog to be able to perform, the more cogs you need on the wheel. This is also true for positioningaccuracy. If you want to be able to accurately position something, such as a laser pointer, using a stepper-motor cog, you need lots of small teeth rather than four or six big ones.

When you make a big cog tooth walk through a step, its size and weight causes the wheel to run through the optimum point of magnetism and out the other side. The activated magnet then drags the point of the cog back to the pole position, causing a perceptible wobble in the motion of the wheel.

As this is unsatisfactory for accurate positioning requirements, the hobbyist must then start to think about introducing more teeth and potentially more magnetic coils into the motor itself. A stepper motor with more coils and teeth is able to undergo a much more precise regime of steps, enabling the designer to incorporate a high level of accuracy into his or her device.

The problem here is one of scale. As the cog gains more teeth, the whole motor starts to creep up in size. Because, which you can have finer teeth and more magnets to create accuracy, you still need enough of a demarcation between each tooth to ensure that an active magnetic attracts and holds a tooth, rather than constantly pulling the next in a series of tiny teeth through an endless slipped step. Beyond a certain size, then, the stepper-motor becomes unwieldy, too heavy, and impractical for many hobbyist devices.

The stepper-motor loses torque at high speeds for similar reasons. The teeth slip through the magnetic fields too quickly and so all accuracy and governance is effectively lost. The motor performs at its best at slow speeds, drawing relatively low power for the torque it is able to exert.

The stepper-motor is an affordable and resilient positioning device - but not one that should be used without question in every single project or hobbyists' device.

 
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