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Wallpaper is one of the decorations that make your house look really beautiful and welcoming. Many people who want to have one hanged on their walls usually don’t know how to go about it especially when they reach the light switch.

The first thing you do is poke through the paper with a scissors and then cut towards each corner. Smooth and cut round the switch leaving the paper overlapping the switch.

Be careful not to tear the paper during the process as this could ruin the whole thing and even force you to replace the whole wallpaper.

After all that is done, loosen the screws to the switch and then slip the overlapping paper under the switch and then tighten back the screws making sure the paper is flat against the wall.

All this will make sure that the wall paper look great and probably serve you for a long time.

Retaining walls prevent the soil and rocks from entering the compound or a building. These walls are also useful in preventing the water from entering the restricted area. Retaining walls are essential to prevent the main building or the roads to get damaged by land slides or soil erosion.

These walls comprise of a combination of stone, bricks, masonry, vinyl, steel and some chemicals if required in order to fortify the walls. When constructing the Retaining walls, you have to take care of a few things. The strength of the walls is vital. These walls have to bear great deal of pressure from soil, stones, water and heavy winds. If it cannot sustain that high amount of pressure, the walls will crack and eventually break. Thus, when constructing the walls, the angle that it makes with the ground surface, the dimensions, the ingredients and the purpose of the walls must first be evaluated and analyzed. There are many types of Retaining walls which include gravity walls, anchored walls, piling walls and cantilever walls.

Furring strips are a must for your basement. These strips are used in the concrete walls in order to make them sheet rocked.

Installing furring strips require expertise. You require dried wood studs which are essentially of 2”x3” or 2”x2” in size. Apart from that, you require glue and nails in order to attach the furring strips to the concrete walls. You need to place the studs on the 16 inches centers. Make sure that the studs are as long as the size of the wall.

In case you are using 2”x3” furring strips, the ideal way is to apply the glue on the side that is wider than the other sides. The glue should be applied on the bottom plate which has the effect of pressure. Once you have the bottom ready use the same process to attach the vertical studs. You have to wait for sometime before the glue gets dried up. After that is done, the furring strip gets fastened.