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Creating the perfect home office sometimes just takes a little imagination and some DIY
In this video for This Old House, Mark explains how to choose the appropriate battery for your impact driver. State-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries are available in different sizes….
In this video for This Old House, Mark shows how to set and maintain the bevel adjustment at 90 degrees specifically for cutting perpendicular to a surface….
Mark shows you how to set a screw on this video for This Old House. In this video for This Old House, Mark shows you the proper…
I love making holiday wreaths. So this year, I’m going beyond just the single wreath, and making three holiday wreaths out of ceiling medallions. Whenever I make a series of anything that aren’t exactly alike, I look for a few ways I can make them look like they go.
In this video for This Old House, Mark demonstrates how to switch between pre-drilling and screw driving to avoid crooked or jagged holes that may damage your…
Among all of the products and methods, by far the easiest way to repair drywall is a repair patch called Wet & Set from HYDE. Just cut the size you need to cover the hole, wet it, then set it over the hole. Cover with compound, sand, and paint.
Impact driver tool tip: How to use the quick-change hex
Who doesn’t have outdated furniture that has seen better days, like our nesting tables? And we’re guilty of storing away old paint in our basement, for way too many years. So when Meg Caswell shared a way to combine those two clutter piles into something we could actually use, and we’d love, we were in. She introduced us to one of her DIY decor obsessions during a MyFixitUpLife radio interview this past year: a grandmother’s paint additive.
How do you know if you need a new roof? Your home’s roof is a big opportunity to make a statement with color and texture.
Few simple things you can check from the ground or from a ladder. Are pieces of your roof in the yard after a storm? Do the shingles look worn? Do you see discoloration?
A roof that’s doing its job is peace of mind for me and my family.
Utilize the socket adapter on your impact driver. In this video for This Old House, Mark demonstrates how to utilize the socket adapter to transform your tool into…
We use a nailing technique to make sure we get a really secure connection between the crown molding and the walls and ceiling. But for the ceiling, it can get trickier. You might not have much behind the drywall. So we use a pneumatic nailer to get an X-nail connection to the ceiling. Check out how to X-nail, and more reasons why Mark uses this technique for crown molding, in this quick tip video.
