What to Consider Before Removing Kitchen Soffit

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Whether you call it kitchen soffit or furr down, here’s what you need to consider before removing it.</span></p> <p><strong>Also on this episode:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Retiling a Bathroom Floor</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resurfacing a Basement</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Killing Mold Under a House</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Best New Product</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hampton Smart Fan not only lets you control the breeze but lighting as well!</span></p> <p><strong>Simple Solutions</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Keyhole slot tip</strong> — Many electrical products, such as power strips, wall-hung telephones, and modem-routers, have keyhole mounting slots on the back to attaching to a wall.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, lining up the mounting screws with the slots is no easy feat. Try this trick next time:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make a photocopy of the back of the device (at 100 percent) then simply hold the photocopy in place to mark screw-hole locations with an awl or nail set.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Partially drive in the screws at the marks and then slide on the device. Perfect fit, every time!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Leather Conditioning Tip</strong> — Heat leather shoe with a blow dryer, then hand rub on mink oil or leather conditioning cream.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The oil/cream liquefies the instant it hits the heated surface, which helps drive it deep into the leather grain.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heat the shoe in sections: toe, left side, right side, rear, etc.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This tip can also be used to condition leather gloves, boots, hats, and belts.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alternately, rather than using a blow dryer, heat the shoes on the dashboard