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    hOME IMPROVEMENTS: Meet Danish Inventor Brought the World the Roof Window Skylight

    BySteve Maxwell September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, educates homeowners on Villum Kann Rasmussen, inventor of the roof window skylight.

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    Home Exteriors Home Interiors Lifestyle

    RENOVATIONS: Porch Lifts & Government Help for Senior-Living Upgrades

    BySteve Maxwell September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    If you’re a senior citizen, or you’re physically challenged, you should know about the financial help available for helping you keep living in your home and avoid institutional care. might consider something called a “porch lift” for your home. Something called…

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    Home Interiors

    BASEMENT COLD ROOM FIX: Download Plans to Stop Ice & Frost

    BySteve Maxwell September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Do you have a cold room that is too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer? Steve Maxwell explains how to turn that room into a cold cellar for preserving food.

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    Home Exteriors Home Interiors

    HOME EXTERIORS: Frozen Plumbing Drain Vent Solution

    BySteve Maxwell September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    For those of us living in cold climates, one of the most annoying (and mysterious) problems happens when rooftop plumbing vent pipes get plugged with frost. This is called “ice capping” and the longer the cold spells you get in…

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    Home Interiors

    PAINTING CABINETS: Watch This 90 Second Video Tutorial

    BySteve Maxwell September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Got some old cabinets that are looking tired? Painting your kitchen or bathroom cabinets may be the fastest and cheapest way to make a big improvement to your home. Click above to watch a 90 second video tutorial on how…

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    Home Interiors

    HEATED FLOORS: DIY-Friendly Electric System Makes for Toastier Toes

    BySteve Maxwell September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    The phrase “cold feet” is more than just something someone says when they’ve lost enthusiasm. In some houses it’s a permanent source of literal discomfort each winter. Bathrooms, basements, floors over crawlspaces and those notoriously cold bedrooms over garages are…

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    Home Interiors

    INTERIORS: “Can I Use Click Flooring Over Infloor Heating?”

    BySteve Maxwell September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    Question: Is it safe to use click-together engineered hardwood flooring over a radiant infloor heating system? I’ve heard warnings against this application, but would like to have a heated wood floor in my home, if possible. Answer: The short answer…

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    Home Interiors Workshop

    WOOD FINISHING: Watch a Video Lesson on the Basics of a Urethane Finish

    BySteve Maxwell September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Are you frustrated with the results you get finishing wood in your home workshop? My online course Wood Finishing for Beginners can help. You’ll learn everything you need to know to create a handful of beautiful, interior finishes on furniture,…

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    Home Exteriors Home Interiors Lifestyle

    HOMEBUILDING: “What’s the best way to learn all about building a house myself?”

    BySteve Maxwell September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Video Watch Time = 1 3/4 minutes Question: “How can I learn to build my own house? I’ve got a piece of land, but no experience with a project as large as a house. Is building my own place a…

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    Home Exteriors Home Interiors

    HOME BUYING: Inspect Your Inspector Before Hiring

    BySteve Maxwell September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Reading Time: 6 minutes

    Inspecting a home professionally is all about knowing the important details, looking closely at them, them making a report to you, the prospective buyer. But there’s also a huge difference in the quality of home inspections because there’s a huge…

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    Home Interiors

    BASEMENTS: Install a Shower & Toilet Without Gravity Drains

    BySteve Maxwell September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    How do you install a bathroom where a sewage drain pipe doesn’t exist? Or perhaps there’s a drain pipe, but it’s up high on the wall in a way that a shower or toilet in the basement couldn’t drain into…

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  • pLUMBING: One-of-a-Kind Small-Pipe Freeze Protection System
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    pLUMBING: One-of-a-Kind Small-Pipe Freeze Protection System

    BySteve Maxwell September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes

    If you’ve got 1/2″ or 3/4″ diameter water supply pipes that freeze in winter, then you’ll want to know about a new small-cable system for use inside pipes. It’s call Retro-Line Mini , and there are three reasons I like…

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