Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, dives into the small bathroom…
Question: I just bought a row-house in the city. There is a ratty old chain-link fence between my neighbor’s concrete…
In room-by-room remodels like the one we have going now there are some things I want to remain in the…
So you’ve taped off every opening, hung plastic everywhere. You’re even blowing a box fan out the window or using…
“Make a decision and the rest will follow,” goes a phrase I read once, attributed to an ancient Chinese proverb.…
We begin our bathroom’s anti-transmogrification by gutting it. The birch paneling (ack!), plaster, lath, strapping–all of it has to go…
I wrote about Waste Management’s The Bagster right after it was introduced. Since then I’ve seen it advertised all over…
So why is a door nail dead anyway? Actually, it’s kind of a cool story. One is said to be…
"It’s fairly common knowledge that most states require notifying their “dig safe” agency before excavation work (keep in mind “excavation”…
Despite what you may have seen on TV, the key to demolition is to work smart more so than to…