When you watch TV or check out magazines about home improvement, it’s easy to think that everybody lives, works, and remodels in the suburbs–unless you’re…
Mark
I don’t know why some people call hollow wall anchors “moly bolts”—maybe its some reference to them being made of plastic—but they do. I know…
One of the most important pieces of a successful painting job is using the right brush. We always recommend getting a good one like a…
If you’re not using a worktable on your projects—for anything from a repairing your kid’s bike to tiling a backsplash to hanging a ceiling fan—you…
A Carpenter’s Life as Told By Houses strikes me as a unique work of craft and writing. What makes it unique to me are the…
If you’re old enough, you remember nailing off decks with fistfuls of hot-dipped-galvanized sixteens. Your bags were loaded with pounds of nails, and your hammer…
If you are replacing a stove—or an entire kitchen, including the stove—there are two important details to remember, and they are two things the inspector…
Cut down on the carrying. Pack up a wheelbarrow instead. Wheelbarrows are ideal for moving dirt, rocks, and mulch of course, but they also rock…
One of the big reasons painting is messy is…because it is! Transferring liquid via bristles to a solid wall is more complicated than it appears…
Some of the best home improvement experiences I’ve had are when the DIY homeowner works with me. They’re folks who are interested in their houses…