Flooring
Loose-Lay Vinyl Flooring Offers Easier Installation and ...
Updated on August 24th, 2024
If you’re thinking of installing a new hard surface floor in your home or cottage, an experience I had working on...Continue Reading
Masonry & Stonework
BRICK VENEER: Why You Should Consider This Great Homebui...
Published on August 23rd, 2024
Reading Time = 4 minutes Video Watch Time = 33 minutes Masonry wasn’t my favourite homebuilding material...Continue Reading
Philosophy
Masonry, Life & Doing the Hard-But-Good Things
Published on August 21st, 2024
Reading Time = 4 minutes In the late 1980s I faced a choice, and it was like many of the big choices we all...Continue Reading
Flooring
How to Fix Laminate Floor Gaps
Published on August 21st, 2024
Reading Time = 5 minutes Video Watch Time = 2 1/2 minutes Laminate flooring offers speedy installation, a...Continue Reading
Energy Efficiency
See How Heat is Delivered Underground
Published on August 21st, 2024
Even people who don't heat with wood or use an outdoor wood boiler find it interesting to see how heat is delivered...Continue Reading
Philosophy
Personal Responsibility? See This Warning on a Cardboard Box
Published on August 21st, 2024
Reading Time = 3 minutes A roll of plastic pipe I ordered years ago arrived in a carton that makes me...Continue Reading
Autos & Machinery
SCRATCHES ON YOUR CAR?: Buff Them Out With a Woodworking...
Published on August 21st, 2024
Reading Time = 4 minutes + plus two video links Sometimes a simple and effective solution to an annoying...Continue Reading
Portable Power Tools
How to Sharpen a Spade Bit
Published on August 20th, 2024
Reading Time = 1 1/2 minutes Video Watch Time = 4 1/2 minutes Spade bits are great for boring large holes...Continue Reading
Finishing
Rejuvenate Old Wood Finishes With Ease
Published on August 20th, 2024
Reading Time = 3 minutes There’s something especially glum about a worn, dented and scratched finish on...Continue Reading
Welding & Metalworking
FORGING STEEL: Working With Iron, Hammer & Anvil
Published on August 16th, 2024
Reading Time = 6 minutes Video Watch Time = 10 1/2 minutes Forging metal is different than welding, and is...Continue Reading
Patios, Decks & Sunrooms
FASTENERS FOR DECKS: Watch a Video Tour of the Nuts ...
Published on August 16th, 2024
If you're building a deck you should aim to make it last at least several decades In fact, there's no reason a deck...Continue Reading
Interesting
RURAL LAND: How We Found a Rural Property to Buy in the ...
Published on August 16th, 2024
Reading Time = 6 1/2 minutes When people discover that I grew up in the suburbs of a large, North American...Continue Reading