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.
I’ve received an advanced copy of Wood Flooring: A Complete Guide to Layout, Installation, and Finishing and I can say it is loaded with outstanding…
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…
“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…
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,…
We’ve done everything we can to maximize the storage in a house that, well, wasn’t built with much. We’ve used kitchen cabinets to design custom…
One of the incredible things about living in an old town like ours is that walking out front door is, at once, walking into the…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixItUpLife radio show, discusses the predominant roofing styles of homes across the…
So I’m talking with Todd Langston who works at Stanley Tools. The reason we were talking is that he’s Director of Marketing and he was…
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…
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…
Whether you’re a contractor trying to max-out production and efficiency or a DIYer trying to get the job done before Monday a word that should…
In room-by-room remodels like the one we have going now there are some things I want to remain in the room in question (dust, debris)…
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…
So when I’m not remodeling, playing with the kids, or on a date with my wife (rare these days!) I like to read. A fave…
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