How-to

How to Keep Your Workers Safe

Moving dirt seems like a simple task. Grab a shovel, rent an auger or backhoe, and lift that dirt out of your way. As a…

How to Solve the Smelly Bathtub Mystery

Question: There is a horrible rotten, smell in my bathroom that is centered around the whirlpool tub. I’ve cleaned the kid toys (we have a…

How to Avoid a Great Fall

Have you run so many trusses, sheathing and shingles that you think you could swagger across a tightrope strung above Niagara Falls—with your eyes clothes…

Understanding Mold

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…

After the snowstorm: How-to

After being buried in the blizzard of 2010, residents of the Northeast are digging out of as much as two feet of snow. In the…

How to drive a screw like a pro

Ever wish you knew a carpenter’s secrets to driving screws perfectly every time? AOL’s DIYLife did too. Here’s what Mark revealed about this tricky technique.

Video! Crown molding tips from Mark and Theresa
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Want to know how to hang crown molding? Check out these quick tips from Mark and Theresa. They shared these at the Craftsman Experience in…

Video: Mark & Theresa at the Craftsman Experience
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Mark and Theresa shared some of their favorite jobsite tips with the Craftsman Experience in Chicago. Check out the videos! Want to know a few…

Want to know a few professional tips to installing base, chair, and crown molding? Learn a few tips from Mark and Theresa. They shared these…

Why does one tile make a funny noise?

Question: I just installed new tile in my front entry way. Seems like it came out just fine but there is one tile that makes…

Select Your Perfect Wood Stove

Ever since I was a little kid, there was something pleasantly hypnotic about a home heated with a freestanding wood-burning stove, something that spoke to…