Home Builder Developer, Interior Renovation and Design

By Johnnie Chuoke

A few years back at the International Hardware Show, we found a product that will take oil out of concrete at least thats what they said.

All the cleaners up until then really didnt do a very good job. So I told the show rep to send us a gallon and we would try it out. He also said that the cleaner would work on asphalt, and that it comes in 55 gallons drums for convenience store parking lots.

I gave that gallon to Trudy to use in her garage. She had bought a house that was 20 years old and had existing oil stains in the garage and if the product would clean her stains, it would clean any oil stain.

She used Drive Up in a small hand sprayer and sprayed the stain. She sprayed the stain every 15 minutes for a hour. Then the last time she sprayed the stain, Trudy gave it a quick scrub with a broom and rinsed with water and it worked! Not only did it work, it worked great.

We have had great success with Drive Up and you can too. The nice part about Drive Up is that it is non-caustic and you dont have to worry about damage to surrounding landscaping. It made Trudys garage smell like an orange grove. So you dont have to worry about wearing a mask.

Now while we are on the subject of cleaning, there is another product that we have had for a while that is called Rust Remover. Its made by Goo Off. But why we like it is that it removes lime deposits without scrubbing. No other product can say that. So if you have white stains on brick from the sprinkler, this is the product to use.

Once all your stains are gone from the concrete, then clean all the surface with 30 Second Outdoor Cleaner. Now with the surface clean, protect it Drylock Wetlook. It will give you a surface that will resist staining and you be able to clean easier. You can do this in a weekend. You will have the cleanest garage floor in the neighborhood. And who wouldnt want that?

Question: I bought an older home at a great price. The only thing wrong is the sliding glass door is really heavy and jumps when you try to open and close it. I dont want to install a new door because the opening is not standard and besides being difficult to open and close, it is just fine. So do you have any ideas on how to make this a better door?

Answer: I had the same thing happen to me at a lake house I bought. The door opening was bigger than any door opening I have ever seen. It jumped and dragged and made using the door a big ordeal. So we cleaned the track (it was real dirty) and sprayed a lubricant like no other. Its called Tri Flow. Its very different than other lubricants because it doesnt attract dirt and dust. Its the dirt and dust that will keep the track from rolling smoothly. Tri Flow is PTFE Teflon based and we like to call it liquid ball bearing. You can use it on mirror doors, sliding glass doors, drawer slides, hinges and anything else that is giving you problems. Now if the track is bent, you can install a new cap over the track. Just straighten out the old track with a pair of pliers and snap the new stainless steel track right on top.

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Sal Marco

Sal Marco began writing professionally in 2009. He has written many online home improvement articles based on his more than 20 years of experience in the home improvement and building industries. He has worked as both part of a team and as a site supervisor. Marco has a Bachelor of Science in management science from Kean University.

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HOLIDAY HILLS Issues surrounding land between a private subdivision and the village of Holiday Hills continued Wednesday after a fence separating the two was torn down days before.

At about 7:50 a.m., resident of LeVilla Vaupell Lisa Garcia saw Nunda Township Highway Department workers getting ready to take out a tree. The tree stands in front of 1313 W. Northeast Shore Drive, where two McHenry County sheriffs deputies were shot last month.

She stood in front of the tree in opposition until about noon making sure the workers could not cut it down.

Ill stand here until [the township highway commissioner] gives me a court order that says this is his property, Garcia said.

She later said efforts to cut down the tree eventually halted and a meeting between the subdivision, Holiday Hills, the Nunda Township Highway Department, and police and fire officials has been tentatively planned to resolve the issue.

The concern over the tree, and the fence that once stood next to it, stems from an Oct. 16 incident, after which Scott B. Peters was accused of shooting two deputies as they were conducting a well-being check at his Holiday Hills home. Peters now faces a prison term of 165 years to life on attempted murder charges, if convicted.

The long black fence, torn down by the township highway department Monday, ran the length of Hyde Park Avenue in LeVilla Vaupell, separating the private subdivision from the Holiday Hills version of Hyde Park Avenue. Police have said the fence interfered with their rescue of the wounded deputies and the search for Peters.

Garcia said township highway commissioner Mike Lesperance indicated to her the plan was to take the tree down and connect the two West Northeast Shore Drives, now separated by a grass median.

Lesperance declined to comment.

Garcia and other residents said the problem with all of the changes the fence teardown, the tree removal and the road connection is the subdivision owns the small piece of land the fence was on.

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