No. Unless you can determin exactly which board moving.

Home Depo has special paint for redoing cabinets (about $60/gal) and is definatly worth the money.
It has all the directions to do the job.
Sand, prime, paint.

Skimming the wall is a huge job, not for the amature seeking a quality job, and probably not worth the effort.
If you do decide to skim coat get a quote from a profesional before you try it yourself. It is fine to try and do it yourself but the results may be worse than what you already have.

Do a internet search under "heavy duty paper liner"

This is one company providing the product.

http://www.wallliner.com/

Buy a standard vent from any of the home building stores and modify it to fit the opening. They have them for stove vents, dryers, furnaces etc. Just get one big enough to cover the existing opening and don't worry about the shape. Then modify the hose to conect to the existing range vent line. It d...

Buy the spray foam insulation at Home Depo, non expanding, comes in a spray can.

I would cut down the trees and sell them to a saw mill. Regardless of the noise issue they are too close to the house and should be removed.

If you use the fish to pull a small rope from point to point (register to register) through the system it will be far easier to pull the vacuum through the ducts rather than push it.

I would go with gas, especially in your location, simply for the convenience. Wood is hard work and dirty. The only people that should go for wood fireplaces are those people that truly enjoy the work involved in getting and using wood. Fire places are inherently inefficient and are primarily for ap...

A quality constructive adhesive is the key to sistering joists. In reality when the glue is dry the screws could be removed as they no longer serve any purpose.

My son has been doing a complete remodel on his home for the past three years with my assistance. It is a mid eighties double wide the same as yours except his is on a full basement. When he purchased it the home was in a similar state as yours and needed everything including furnace, electrical, st...

My advice is never trust anyone. If you know what you are doing then you can be the GC, money wise contractors will try to take you to the cleaners, guarantee one thing and then jack up the price. I would advise not paying any contractor more than 1/3 up front and work out an exact pay schedule as y...

If you have or had a leak you should remove the existing ceiling, replace any wet or damaged insulation, check for and straighten the rafters as best possible, install a vapour barrier, and then strap the entire ceiling using shims to make the ceiling flat for the installation of ceiling material of...

If you want to make the PVC joints watertight (PVC to PVC) go to the plumbing department and pick up some PVC plumbing cement. Just make sure you don't get it on any exposed surfaces.

If the floor under the door is not level you have two choices, either level the floor (jack the house) or reframe a square opening to match the door and install a level door sill. Jacking would be the prefered option in this case and in my opinion the easiest. You may also have a problem with the si...