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I suspect you could.. well, you could make your own using cut up gift cards or credit cards. It won't be as nice as the originals, but I think the plastic would be the right material.
Could you put up a photo of the groove this snaps into?
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It sounds like you're looking for "cable staples" or "cable clips" which look like this:
If you want to get fancier you can get "cord covers" which come in a lot of different styles, such as this:
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To hang your pictures you could use a fixture like a 3M command hook designed expressly for hanging pictures on walls without using nails or drills.
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I would guess that your issue is that you didn't prime first.
From Wikipedia:
A primer or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted
You buy primer from the same store you ...
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It depends on where you live and how you plan on attaching everything. For interior insulation you want the vapor barrier on the warm side so the colder regions would always do the interior facing and some warmer climates would do the exterior side of the insulation. The underlying rule of where would the moisture most likely be trapped still applies but it ...
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Yes. I would use a form of home wrap. No brainer in Montana.
And I usually use Tyvek(?). Not sure of other have opinions on the best brand or style.
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It is a potential solution. Buildings will settle and they usually do around 2-5 years of structure being built.
The question is, is this normal structure settling or does this building have some issue that will cause it to move more. It hasn't moved in the past year so I could really go either way with this.
Pressure grouting could work. It will ...
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I used adjustable shelving to build my standing desk. I didn't want to commit whole hog to standing, so this let me have the option of lowering it later if I wanted. After your feet adjust in the first month, it's awesome.
I have an 18" bracket for a 24" shelf counter. I have a second smaller bracket with a shelf for the monitor, since you want the ...
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Alternative 1 - These type of designs are popular in europe. I have seen it in France. You will need some strong triangle brackets for the bottom. This will keep the back level.
Then you need to drill some holes on the front of the desk. You will need to then buy thick guage wire. You knot it off on the bottom - tie it to an end cap. On the top you ...
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L Brackets are not going to be a good idea for this type of project. As a minumum you will need to have a triangle type bracket - if you can find something large enough. If you want to avoid any type of legs right at the front edge you could build your own equivalent of a triangle bracket out of wood.
If I was setting out to make a built in unit mounted ...
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That's a pretty heavy table top to cantilever. I'd think about attaching a 2x4 ledger to the wall. That's a horizontal 2x4 screwed directly to the studs.
Then, I'd put 2x4s vertically, between the ledger and the floor at every other stud. Depending on the length of the desk, you could go every 3 in the middle to create some chair space.
I'd use these ...
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Sealing around wires and cables is usually a job for Duct Seal.
I'm not sure of the availability of this outside the United States, but I imagine it or a similar product is available in most places.
Duct seal never hardens, so it can be removed, move, reshaped, and reused. It also will not react with the wire/cable in any way, which often a requirement ...
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