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Does a lit candle provide an example of chemical change? Ritter, Steve. “Erasers.” Chemical & Engineering News. If you cannot achieve these separation distances, your chemical storage area needs to have fire protection, i.e. be constructed with walls which have a minimum one hour fire protection. It is entirely possible to eat clean and still have a poor diet if you aren’t paying attention to your overall nutrition intake. Administration of 1 percent and 5 percent acetoacetamide in the diet for three months caused benign thyroid tumors in rats. Put all your weight on one knee and bring the other knee forward sharply to hit the cushioned end of the kicker; the head of the kicker will stretch the carpeting under it to hook it onto the teeth of the fastening strip on the tread. Set the head of the kicker flat in the center of the tread, about an inch from the tread riser corner and aimed straight at the riser.
At the same time, as you work the kicker, push the carpet into place in the corner behind the tread fastening strip, using the wedging tool or broad-bladed chisel as a lever. When the carpeting has been kicked and folded into the corner all along the step, wedge it permanently into place along the riser-tread joint, using a hammer to drive the wedging tool or chisel into the carpeted joint. Kneeling on the floor, hold the kicker with one hand; hold a stair wedging tool or a broad-bladed chisel ready in the other hand. On each stair, nail a strip centered on the riser, teeth pointing down, 3/4-inch above the surface of the tread below it; use a 3/4-inch-thick piece of scrap wood to hold the strip in place as you nail it. On straight stairs, stretch a measuring tape or rule around one entire stair, starting at the inside edge of the tread and moving over the outside of the tread and down along the riser below it to the top of the next tread. Winding stairways should be treated as straight flights interrupted by wedge-shaped steps; lay the carpeting out over the bottom straight flight and up to the first wedge step.
The carpeting on stairs takes a lot more abuse than regular room carpeting, and it often wears out much sooner. But don’t worry, replacing a worn stair runner or carpeting a bare stairway is no problem when you know the technique, and this article will give you the information and instructions you need to complete the job. Divide the total by 36 to determine the number of yards of carpet runner you need. Add 1 inch and multiply by the number of steps, not counting the last riser to the top landing. Even a small skew at the bottom can magnify noticeably by the top of the stairway, so adjust the runner carefully. Cut the strips to the width of the runner with a small handsaw. The runner should appear to extend evenly up the stairs, with no part of the tucked-in carpeting visible from the front. Don’t try to use carpeting left over from a room installation — cut-to-fit carpet pieces have to be turned under at the edges all along the stairs, and that’s tricky.
Stretch the carpet up onto the tread of the first wedge-shaped stair and angle it to reach the next step up, keeping the carpet pulled tight along the wide outside edge of the stair and letting it bulge over the riser where it was just wedged in. Pull the carpet runner into place from the bottom up, making sure that the nap or pile lies in the right direction (down) and that the carpet is positioned straight over the fastening strips and between the chalked centering marks on the stairs. Center a trimmed piece of padding, waffle-patterned side up, on each tread, with its end butted against the fastening strip at the back of the tread. Push the point of an awl into the carpet at one side and use the awl to push the end of the carpet onto the fastening strip, leaving about 3/8 inch of loose carpet below the newly fastened edge.