If you aren’t an expert in stair building, you will probably find the math a bit of a challenge. part of the difficult part can be calculating the angle on the stair stringer where it meets the lower landing and the upper landing. There are some great tools out there to make the […]

Call it a treasure, call it gross (as my wife did). We pulled an old wasps nest from an attic crawl space. The entire hive is about 24″ long. It is paper thin on the outside and has stacks of honeycomb structures on the inside.
   
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When people watch all of the home improvement shows on TV, they don’t get true sense of things. Thirty minutes later and the house/room is done. Clean, painted, decorated, etc.
The truth is that renovation is usually dirty, messy and SMELLY. Those are things that don’t come across when you watch it on […]

Have you ever wanted a false ceiling beam, or a coffered ceiling? If so, here is a nice tutorial that covers the steps needed and provides you with a simple method for building a false beam.
Installing False Beams

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I recently purchased laminate flooring from Lumber Liquidators. Obviously, there are a LOT of flooring stores that sell the simple click together laminates at very reasonable prices. I was in search of a particular product, and maybe you are too. I wanted a more natural look, but didn’t want to pay too […]

If you ever have to replace a toilet, or a wax toilet ring, you will probably want to review a quick “how-to” prior to doing so. Even if you have done it in the past, it couldn’t hurt to review the steps prior to tackling this job.
Hammerzone.com has a very quick and simple DIY […]