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.
By any other standard the door to my son’s room is broken. Not only is one of the five horizontal raised panels in the century…
This is part one of a three part video series on upgrading your roof to energy efficient composite slate shingles. The shingles used in the…
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…
In my career as a contractor I’ve tried to live by a few mottos, one of them being “leave it better than I find it.”…
As lovers and students of old buildings know, asbestos was a common building material for everything from siding and roofing to the much vilified pipe-insulation. …
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, shows you what he’s up against while trying to remodel…
Question: I don’t get it. I’m from New England and we’re surrounded at every turn with old homes that have stood winter and summer for…
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…
So one of the cool things about being a professional tool reviewer and licensed contractor is that I sometimes get my hands on tools right…
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…
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…
I’ve received an advanced copy of Wood Flooring: A Complete Guide to Layout, Installation, and Finishing and I can say it is loaded with outstanding…
Paul writes: This dust controlling measure is a great idea, thanks. I will be remodeling a foyer, but need constant access to the front door….
In room-by-room remodels like the one we have going now there are some things I want to remain in the room in question (dust, debris)…
Whether you’re a contractor trying to max-out production and efficiency or a DIYer trying to get the job done before Monday a word that should…
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