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.
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.
“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…
Mark Clement, practical contractor for The Old House Web and host of MyFixItUpLife radio show, discusses the predominant roofing styles of homes across the…
Huntington Beach chimes in with a GREAT Remodeling question. HB asks: “How long does a single bathroom remodel usually take you, a single bathtub and…
Question: An 1890s era home (OK, mansion) in my town has a unique window cut into the roof. It’s slender all of 8 inches wide…
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…
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)…
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…
“Make a decision and the rest will follow,” goes a phrase I read once, attributed to an ancient Chinese proverb. And what follows when you…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In this video Mark Clement, the practical contractor for OldHouseWeb.com, takes a look at the shingles on an old house’s roof and shares some insight…
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…
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…