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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…
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…
I think plumbing, like real estate sales, is one of those businesses where 10% of the people do 90% of the work. And right now…
“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…
Q: Hey Carpenter Mark, we recently had new kitchen cabinets and counters installed and I’m tossing around the idea of doing the tile backsplash myself….
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…
Question: I’m putting a new kitchen in my house and it requires some serious renovations. Anyway, I feel pretty good about the contractors doing the…
With the recent bad weather in many parts of the country, and more winter to come, you may be thinking about your roof. Is it…
While there’s not much you can do to control the cost of oil, natural gas, or propane, you can save money this winter by avoiding…
MyFixitUpLife’s Mark & Theresa Live! at the 67th International Builders’ Show in Orlando. January 14 @ 3pm: Mark and Theresa are sharing what’s new from…
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. …
MyFixitUpLife’s Mark & Theresa Live! at the 67th International Builders’ Show in Orlando. January 13 @ 10am: Mark and Theresa are sharing what’s new from…
