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.
A good table saw is essential equipment for getting well-crafted results, keyed in details, and for cutting critical elements required for dialed-in, looks-like-it-grew-there kind of…
One of the trickiest projects in old houses weaving modern kitchens into old spaces. Even as little as a half century-ago people had cast iron…
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…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixItUpLife radio show, discusses the predominant roofing styles of homes across the…
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…
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. …
In Parts 1 and 2 of this video series on how to give your roof an energy-efficient upgrade, Mark demonstrated how to prep your roof…
If you have an old house, you know this refers to the wiring that’s probably coursing current to your lights and plugs. The knobs are…
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…
By any other standard the door to my son’s room is broken. Not only is one of the five horizontal raised panels in the century…
The Bathroom Remodeling Checklist blog post generated some cool replies from both contractors and homeowners. One struck a cord: A reader mentioned that she didn’t…
In my career as a contractor I’ve tried to live by a few mottos, one of them being “leave it better than I find it.”…
This big blog on building bathrooms is coming to you from the floor of The Remodeling Show where I am delivering several demonstrations on (can…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixitUpLife radio show, dives into the small bathroom remodeling project in an old…
Question: My house is about 90 years old. It needs work. As I remodel I try to keep things as close to original as I…
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