Some remotes can be set at one of preset “channels” sort of like garage door openers. This eliminates crosstalk with other remotes in the same house and minimizes the chances your neighbors will be turning your fan on. 
Unfortunately, our very basic Hampton Bay fan in House1 did not have this option. I believe the Minka Aire fans we are installing do.
My handyman installed 2 fans. The electrician who came later, said the code set to 00000. It would have taken a minute to change one of the fans so the remote didn’t effect the other fan.
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We are replacing all of our upstairs flooring – a hall and two bedrooms. Here’s my quandry in choosing:
Downstairs floors are a light oak (engineered hardwood). The stairs, however, are a stained oak that looks like walnut or a dark gunstock shade. The railings are also dark. Currently those floors have a very old wall to wall carpet. Changing the staircase really isn’t an option.
So do we go with a light shade to match the first floor and have some continuity despite the stairs, or do we do a dark shade to match the staircase and the trim around the 2nd floor landing?
I don’t think there’s one right answer, but rather it’s personal preference. If it were me, I’d do the light flooring upstairs to match the first floor. That’s partly because I prefer lighter floors, but also partly because I could possibly sand down the stairs later and refinish them to match the light floors. Handrails, spindles and landing trim could be painted later if it’s too much of a pain to sand them down to bare wood.
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Planning a sunroom remodel. Not changing the footprint or the roof - but pretty much changing everything else.
We have a single swing-out door. Would like to get a sliding glass door instead. Love the look of french doors, but think it is impractical due to space considerations. Came across french sliding glass doors - anyone have any experience with these?
Also considering having our contractor build in window seats - perhaps along one wall or in a L-shape (along two walls).
What is the best type of flooring material for the sunroom? We are in New England - so the room does get really cold in the winters and really hot in the summertime. Currently, there’s carpet in there that has faded so bad, you can’t tell what color it was originally! Would LVP be a good choice?
Our sunroom is one of my favorite rooms of the house. I’m in Ohio, so yes extremes of temps. The original base of the sunroom is concrete. We put a luxury vinyl plank flooring in and then I have an area rug on top. (good cushiony pad underneath the area rug)
We’re redoing our sunporch too. Right now it’s a 3 season room and we’re wanting to be able to use it year round. I’m replacing all the windows, adding more insulation, new flooring with infloor heat, and building in a cubby/armoire for shoes and jackets. We are planning on doing ceramic tile floors so it’s easy to clean since that’s the way to the backyard for the dog.
We have sliding French doors leading to the deck. Best of both worlds. 
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Great to hear that you have this and love it. I really really like the look of the french doors and am hoping to convince H that we need the french sliding doors. Do you know what company made your doors?
We have this:
And we love it. We also wanted french doors, but the swing of the door was just going to take too much space.
I’m sure other companies makes these too.
This is the second house we have had this door.
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Ours came with the house, and we have no idea who manufactured them. In my neck of the woods, Pella would be a go to manufacturer for reasonably priced, quality doors and windows.
We also had an Anderson sliding patio door . After 10-12 years the vinyl on outside bottom of the door started to buckle and peel. Called Anderson asking how to handle and they replaced the door!! ( we did need to stain the inside and pay to have it installed).
I have a Triple French door. It has one fixed panel. We can open the center panel and have it completely out of the way against the fixed panel. When we want to move something large through the doors we can open the left panel which doesn’t open quite 180 degrees. I’ve never liked sliding doors much. Each panel is 2’-6" wide.
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@thumper1 - this is the one I am looking at. I guess the only difference between a sliding door and a “french” sliding door is the wider trim.
I did find one sliding door that comes in multiple panels (3 or 4) like the one @mathmom posted (but sliding). Need to figure out if that would work for us. Currently, that wall has a single door and one big window - I’d like to replace it with a sliding door but take up as much of the wall as possible if that makes sense.
On my frenchwood slider…I could have gotten another fixed “door” to the left. The slider would have then been in the middle, sliding to the right. We opted for a different look….did more of a bay area with long windows on the slanted side walls of the area. It’s our breakfast room and is very cheerful and bright.
The nice weather has me eyeing up my backyard and looking for projects. My patio dining set has seen better days. I just ordered replacement chairs, and am considering trying to paint the table rather than replace. Anyone ever do this and have good luck?
I painted a metal table with outdoor/weather proof paint three years ago but it’s already chipping and doesn’t look the best. It’s going to get covered in a table vinyl table cloth this summer.
I’ve spray painted our wrought iron dining table/chairs several times. I’ve had it for 24 (?) years! Yes, it does eventually chip but I try to do a light sanding before I spray. A spray usually gets me through a couple of summers. The table does stay out in our Ohio winters so don’t know if that affects the period it lasts. I just use a Rustoleum product.
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We had a wrought iron table professionally powder coated. After sitting in the Arizona sun, it still looked brand new when we sold the house ten years later, no chipping. I’m not afraid to do the painting myself but, for outdoor furniture, you want to make sure it’s done with the right paint and applied correctly. I was surprised at how inexpensive the powder coating was; it wasn’t worth the time to do it myself.
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Someone suggested an auto body shop to spray metal furniture. Never tried it though. @choatieMom Where did you have the powder coating finish work?