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.
To say that we depend on impact drivers on our MyFixitUpLife building projects is an understatement. They’re a front-line, first-out-of-the-box tool that run from rough…
I came up in the trades using the circular saw that the carpenters who hired me used: 7 1/4 inch sidewinders. Re-framing an old house…
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…
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,…
Here’s an elemental truth about bathroom remodeling: Pound for pound, ounce for ounce, and brick for figurative brick bathrooms rank at the top of the…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixItUpLife radio show, warns consumers that under even the best conditions, a roofing…
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…
This is Part 2 of a 3 part series on upgrading your roof by installing attractive and energy efficient composite slate shingles. In Part 1,…
If there’s a tool I find I can no longer live without, it’s a cordless impact driver. This tool–barely in existence, nevermind all over job…
“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…
One question I’ve been asked on MyFixitUpLife is “I see carpenters on TV using impact drivers. They look cool but do I need one?” My…
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…
“Make a decision and the rest will follow” goes a Chinese proverb I once read and perhaps never was that more poignant in my home…
Question: I don’t get it. I’m from New England and we’re surrounded at every turn with old homes that have stood winter and summer for…
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