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Reinstallation after Flood
What recommendation can you give a owner after a flood and they decide to remove the panels themselves. Its simple but some homeowners will remove all panels at once and lose the organization to reinstall them. Should the panels be numbered for installation purposes?
Powerful stapler needed
Hello everyone, for some reason it looks like a previous thread about this same topic is not available so I cannot add this to that one. I did want to drop a follow-up note so others wouldn't go through what I did. I tried two different staplers and three different brands of staples trying to find one that would go through the TRIM pieces. The following two were not powerful enough to get through the TRIM board and the staples simply folded.
I finally broke down and purchased what I think is the identical one used in the youtube videos and I'm happy to report it works GREAT. I view it as a good thing that the TRIM is so robust. It did take a few trips to the box stores to get the right tool so if you are going to DIY, just start with the one that wor…
anything 18V battery powered these days should do the trick easily, we are using Milwaukee but probably the others brands will do the same. In my observation if it has a cable attached its probably more useful for craft projects or to staple carpet to underlayment
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I've written "Family Room 1" with an up arrow on the back and took the outline of my house from the property appraiser site and labeled where each one go. I've also put in a few notes on re-installation order and it's not always 1-2-3 due to outlets and positioning the the vertical TRIM pieces between. the panel and behind door trim.