However, it’s not always the case and sometimes there is no beating what a hand tool can get done. I find that’s often the case on a finicky element of trim projects: cutting returns.
One of the major keys to any home improvement success–whether you’re fixing your own house or are a professional contractor–is organization. I could write a…
Question: An 1890s era home (OK, mansion) in my town has a unique window cut into the roof. It’s slender all of 8 inches wide…
The Bathroom Remodeling Checklist blog post generated some cool replies from both contractors and homeowners. One struck a cord: A reader mentioned that she didn’t…
Question: My house is about 90 years old. It needs work. As I remodel I try to keep things as close to original as I…
Here’s an elemental truth about bathroom remodeling: Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, and brick for figurative brick bathrooms rank at the top of the…
We begin our bathroom’s anti-transmogrification by gutting it. The birch paneling (ack!), plaster, lath, strapping–all of it has to go leaving us with the tabula…
So when I’m not remodeling, playing with the kids, or on a date with my wife (rare these days!) I like to read. A fave…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, has remodeled the small bathroom in this old home, using…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixItUpLife radio show, warns consumers that under even the best conditions, a roofing…
This big blog on building bathrooms is coming to you from the floor of The Remodeling Show where I am delivering several demonstrations on (can…
“Make a decision and the rest will follow,” goes a phrase I read once, attributed to an ancient Chinese proverb. And what follows when you…
Question: Hey MyFixitUpLife, I have an old house question. I feel like I should know the answer to this, but I don’t. On the roofs…
Huntington Beach chimes in with a GREAT Remodeling question. HB asks: “How long does a single bathroom remodel usually take you, a single bathtub and…
One question I’ve been asked on MyFixitUpLife is “I see carpenters on TV using impact drivers. They look cool but do I need one?” My…
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series on upgrading your roof by installing attractive and energy efficient composite slate shingles. In Part 1,…
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