However, it’s not always the case and sometimes there is no beating what a hand tool can get done. I find that’s often the case on a finicky element of trim projects: cutting returns.
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, shows you what he’s up against while trying to remodel…
Despite the fact that I’m going to say it, it goes without saying that the circular saw is a front line tool for any DIYer…
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. …
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…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, has remodeled the small bathroom in this old home, using…
Old houses often have equally old–and by old I mean weed-choked–lawns. If you live in the Northern tier of the country, it’s a pretty good…
Anybody who lives in an old house will surely tell you that storage is an issue. Closets–by modern standards anyway–are either small or non-existent. Hence,…
For all the roofs I’ve replaced in my remodeling career–which have been asphalt shingles–I haven’t had much influence with my customers over the color they…
I have a love-hate relationship with drywall–but apparent most people have a hate relationship with it as shown in my last drywall post. I hear…
Good design is good design. You know it when you see it. It can be complicated like a 2nd Empire home or more simply stated…
Call me old-fashioned, but I like my pneumatic tools. And while I wish I could ditch the hose sometimes, the tools’ practically failure-free and no-futz…
I’ve been remodeling homes, using tools–and reviewing tools–for a long time. During that time I’ve cycled through generations of tables saws and impact drivers, nailers…
Paul writes: This dust controlling measure is a great idea, thanks. I will be remodeling a foyer, but need constant access to the front door….
This is part one of a three part video series on upgrading your roof to energy efficient composite slate shingles. The shingles used in the…
“It’s fairly common knowledge that most states require notifying their “dig safe” agency before excavation work (keep in mind “excavation” can be post-holes for a…
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