About this tag
The renovation tag on WindowsForum.com covers a variety of home improvement topics, including lighting upgrades with glass bell shades, energy-efficient window installations, luxury home features like dog showers, and general room repairs. Discussions also touch on challenges such as drywall cutting and insulation during networking setups in older homes. Additionally, the tag includes content about commercial renovations, such as Microsoft's Building 20 remodel, and unusual renovation-related incidents like a missing house or a cat trapped during floor work. These posts reflect practical advice, product recommendations, and real-world experiences tied to renovation projects.
  1. whoosh

    ART Room Needs Some Work

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  2. C

    Windows 10 TP Link Mesh router + Bluetooth - No thanks.

    I'm working on networking our new-old (1995 vintage) house. It has already had some cable drops installed and all in the "wrong" places (well, duh). I looked at MoCA (2 different coax cable sets already in the walls) - $180.00/cable run? - I don't think so. Then I looked at MESH - interesting...
  3. cybercore

    Landlord visits house to collect rent, finds house has gone

    A Malaysian landlord received a rather unpleasant surprise when he went to collect rent from some tenants and found his property had disappeared. All that remained of Zuria Ali's house, which he had inherited from his parents, were 24 concrete pillar holders, a smashed TV and pieces of...
  4. cybercore

    Miracle cat survives for five weeks by licking pipes

    A cat trapped under the floorboards of a renovated house in Somerset survived for five weeks by licking the condensation off water pipes. Twinkle used to be chubby, until she slipped under the floor while workmen fitted a new central heating system in her house. The nine-year-old tabby...
  5. Jimbo22

    replacing door knobs/striker plate

    Here is a great tip for replacing a door knob and striker plate, mainly the striker plate. You know how when you put the new striker plate up and the screw holes just don't line up or off just a hair. Use this 1/4 cent part, tooth picks. Yep that's right tooth picks, round preferably. Just...
  6. reghakr

    Got $1.15 Million? 'Amityville Horror' House Is Up For Sale

    The AP is reporting that the house made famous by the 1979 film "The Amityville Horror" is Link Removed It's a 5 bedroom Dutch colonial built in 1927, according to the listing. It's 3600 square feet, with 3.5 baths and a detached two car garage. The boat house is especially nice, in our opinion...