Article: If you're not going to reinstall carpet on the new floor, pull up the tackstrips by hand. They should come up relatively easily, as long as you're wearing your heavy gloves. Use the pry-bar if necessary. If you are going to reinstall carpeting, inspect the tackstrips for wear and determine whether or not they're reusable. If they're dull, loose, or otherwise worn out, consider pulling them up and replacing them anyway. It's also a good idea to keep an eye out for any extra carpet nails, screws, or tacks that might be on the floor after removing the carpet. Sweep them or gather them up by hand and throw them out. Sometimes there'll be a lot of staples, which can be a pain to remove. Use your pliers to pull them up, and make sure you get them all. Carpeting uses different types of adhesives, and some require a simple scraping while others will require a more thorough cleaning. Clean up the sub-floor as best as possible. Look for a floor cleaner that removes adhesives, if scraping doesn't the glue off like you want. You can find it in your local hardware store. It's very important, regardless of what you want to do with the room next, that you inspect the condition of the subfloor and make any repairs necessary while you've got the carpet off. It'd be a shame to install $800 worth of new carpet over a squeaky floor, or a floor showing signs of mold. Walk around the sub-floor and bounce on it. Subfloor panels should be attached to the wood joists with screws or nails, and if you find some panels that squeak, you can secure it to the joist with ring shank nails. These are grooved nails with more secure gripping power, decreasing the chances that this squeaky area will ever squeak again. About two or three inches from the previous nail or screw, hammer in a shank nail and you'll be set. If your carpeting was damaged or wet, it might have impacted the subfloor. Look for signs of rot or mold. If you see any signs of serious damage or rot, you need to have these panels replaced before installing new flooring. Once you're done making your repairs, sweep or shop-vac up the remaining debris and glue-scrapings from the job before moving forward with installation. Once you've removed old carpet, you can install new carpet, laminate, or other types of flooring.
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Remove any tackstrips that have been left on the floor. Scrape the glue off the subfloor with your prybar or knife. Check the condition of the subfloor. Vacuum up the rest of the debris.
Article: Take your boat to areas that would be suitable for grouper, like near coral reefs or underwater cliffs. When you begin to troll, make sure you are doing so off the rocks or your line might get snagged. Aim for the sandy areas around the rocks or areas where you think grouper are swimming. Large amounts of grouper live in the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, South Carolina, and Florida. Circle back to areas where you felt bites, as these are likely fish prone areas. If an area is unsuccessful, change locations. Keep a steady speed as you troll the area. Going faster than 12 knots may cause your lure or bait to get dislodged from your line. When using live baits, make sure that you are trolling at lower speeds. Leave slack on the line when you are dropping your bait. As you begin to move your boat, the line will straighten out. Counting to ten will let the bait reach the bottom of the water. Your bait should be bumping on the bottom periodically, but not getting hung up on anything. You can use artificial or live bait while you troll. Check your line often if you are using bait to make sure that it hasn't become dislodged. Lock your reel and wait for a bite on your line. When you feel a bite, make sure to reel as hard as you can and raise your rod. You'll see the tip of your rod bend significantly when you've hooked a fish. Your rod should naturally bend by rubbing against the bottom of the ocean. The momentum of your boat will help you pull grouper out of rocks or reefs if it tries to escape.
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Find a grouper prone part of the ocean. Drive your boat at 3-7 knots. Drop your bait into the ocean and count to ten. Lock your reel and wait.
Article: Since grilling is traditionally done outside, this is a great option for your garden party. You can grill burgers, lobster, steak, or skewers for your party. Set up your grill before the party and make sure you have enough propane and any food you are grilling. You can have summer themed dishes at your garden party. Have potato salad, watermelon, fruit salad, or cucumber salad. Consider having finger food. It is nice for guests to have easily portable food so they can wander around and mingle while they eat. Good finger food options are cheese plates, mini empanadas, and cucumber stacks. Have dessert ready for your guests. You can make something yourself or buy something store made to save time. Macaroons, fruit tarts, cupcakes, and key lime pie are great dessert options for a garden party. Get the dessert ready ahead of time and set it up on a dessert stand. Have a variety of drinks for your guests. Iced tea is a classic garden party drink. You can make a large tub of it for not that much. Flavored lemonade (such as raspberry, blackberry, or strawberry) is another great garden party drink. Serve mojitos or margaritas if you want to serve cold alcoholic drinks.
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Get ready to grill. Prepare side dishes. Get dessert. Prepare cold drinks.