PHILOSOPHY: Busting DIY Home Improvement Excuses
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, doesn’t accept excuses, and explains how simple it can be to work on DIY home improvement projects.
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TOILETS: Choosing a Model That’s Tested to Really Work
As gross as this looks, it’s not what you think it is. These cylinders of soybean paste are especially formed for testing toilets. And testing like this has done a lot to improve the performance of toilets around the world. Read on to see how . . .
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BASEMENTS: Design, Function & Details of a Truly Reliable Sump Pump System
If you rely on a sump pump to keep your basement dry, then you need a good system that keeps on working even when electric power goes out. I often hear from homeowners who’ve endured a catastrophic basement leak that…
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INTERIORS: Watch Wainscot Installation Process on Stairs
Want to install wainscoting along the side of a staircase? This short video shows an overview of an actual installation I was part of on a century home. We used a kit for this job from an outfit called Elite…
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HOME REPAIRS: “Why Is My Roof Leaking on a Sunny Day?”
Question: As the weather warms up in spring I sometimes hear a faint drip-drip sound coming from the attic of my 17 year old bungalow. Water stains and dripping also showed up on the ceiling. When I opened the attic hatch,…
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FLOORING: Loose-Lay Luxury Vinyl Offers Easier Installation, Toughness & Repairability
If you’re thinking of installing a new hard surface floor in your home or cottage, an experience I had working on the house of my daughter and son-in-law and their kids may prove helpful. The house had wall-to-wall carpeting upstairs,…
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HOME MAINTENENCE: How to Fix Laminate Floor End Gaps
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, makes a suggestion for how homeowners can make DIY repairs to gaps in their laminate flooring.
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HOME MAINTENANCE: Watch A Moldy Bathroom Ceiling Fix
Bathroom ceiling mold eventually becomes a problem in most homes, but fixing this problem involves more than just adding a coat of paint. If you only do that, the bathroom ceiling mold will just come back again in short order….
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SEPTIC SYSTEMS: How I Fixed My Failed Mess
If you rely on a septic system – and especially f your septic system is currently showing signs of failure – you’ve come to the right place. You don’t necessarily need a whole new system when things look hopeless, despite what…
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HOME TECH: Automatic Backup Generators Get Smarter
In December 2013, relatives of mine in Toronto spent Christmas in a cheap hotel miles from their home because of an ice storm and blackout that lasted as long as two weeks in some areas. Entire neighbourhoods were dark and…
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INTERIORS: How to Repair Drywall Screw Pops
Are there little domes of ugliness appearing on your walls? These are probably drywall screws pops. Click, watch and learn how to fix them right here. You’ll be an expert in 90 seconds.
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CLOTHES DRYER VENTS: How To Build Them Better
Clothes dryer vents have got to be one of the last things builders consider when they’re putting a house together, and it shows. Take a look behind just about any dryer and you’ll see what I mean. Crumpled flexible ducting…
