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Landscape Fabric

Question: I’m trying to win the war of weeds with a spot in my yard that has been over-run by all kinds of weeds creepy…

Bag vs. Mulch

Back in the day when I started in the whole home improvement gig, I did it behind a lawn mower. In those days, mulching mowers…

Drilling Through Ceramic Tile

Question: I want to hang a towel bar in my bathroom and have to drill through a tiled wall. I was going to just drill…

Using a Wormdrive Saw

Skil’s legendary Mag77 is a 7-¼-inch wormdrive circular saw and, well, it’s no joke that it is a legend among framers. This tool has cut…

Problems with the Roof

Question: I’m looking at buying a house. It’s an older fixer-upper. I plan to do a lot of the work myself, but I don’t want…

No Hot Water

Question: Big problem. Can you help me? I have little to no water pressure coming out of my hot water lines — none of the…

FixitUp Find: Craftsman Cordless Impact Driver

We built a backyard play-set at the Craftsman Experience in downtown Chicago. The Experience is part digital playground, part workshop and all hands-on fun. This…

How to Make Mark’s Miter Saw Workstation

Step 1: Measure the Saw’s Deck Find the height of the miter saw’s deck. This is a critical measurement because the height of the infeed…

Easy Snow Removal

As the parents of two school-age kids, we watch winter weather forecasts with more interest than we did before kids were in the picture. Hot…

MyFixitUpLife talk show: Indoors Out w/Dean & Derek

Mark & Theresa are going ‘Indoors Out’ with Dean & Derek

MyFixitUpLife talk show: Karl Champley

February 27, 2010: Mark & Theresa are talking garage organization with Karl Champley, host of DIYNetwork’s Wasted Spaces. We’ll find out how he’s progressing on…

MyFixitUpLife talk show: Garage Overhaul w/Brian Corsetti

February 6, 2010: Mark & Theresa are talking Garage Overhaul with Brian Corsetti, host of DIYNetwork’s Garage Mahal. Brian Corsetti from Garage Mahal On the…