HOME INTERIORS: Why Cast Iron Radiators Are Still Great Home Heating Option
Steve Maxwell, Canada’s Handiest Man, discusses the aesthetics and efficiency of cast iron radiators as home heating options.
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HOME BUILDING: How Wooden I-joists, Composite Studs and Glulam Beams Deliver Better Buildings
Steve Maxwell shows us three applications where engineered lumber helps you build better buildings.
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Decoding the reels: the art and science of slot choice on 1win
When it comes to online casino gaming, slot machines often appear to be games of pure luck. Bright visuals, catchy soundtracks, and promises of big wins make them incredibly attractive — but appearances can be deceiving. Behind every spin lies…
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OUTDOOR WORK: Learn to safely & Effectively Use a Firewood Splitter
In this week’s video episode, learn how a hydraulic wood splitter works; see safe methods for using a wood splitter properly; learn how the best hydraulic splitters work both horizontally & vertically; understand proper storage procedures for maintaining your wood splitter.
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WOODWORKING: How to Cut Perfect Miter Joints
There are two things you need to know about this video. First, it’s one of my most popular titles with more than 1.5 million views so far. And second, this video is part of my basement finishing course, though the…
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SMALL TOWN LIFE: Ordinary People, Beautiful Music
I was 22 years old when I decided to move from the suburbs of Toronto to make a life for myself on a 90 acre patch of rural Ontario. That’s me below, in 1990, installing the main electrical cables into the…
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CLASSIC BRICK: How to Design for Old-Fashioned Beauty
Over the last five years I’ve been trying to understand a kind of beauty I see from time to time. It has to do with old brick buildings and I think I have it figured out. The most impressive brick buildings…
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OUTDOOR WOOD: “How Can I Fix the Fuzzy Wood on My Deck?”
QUESTION: What should I do about the fuzzy surface fibers that developed on my deck? In the fall I stripped and pressure washed the wood and now it’s all fuzzy. I’m afraid that when I re-stain in the spring it…
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ASPHALT SHINGLE ROOF REPAIR: Climb Up Top With Me & See How It’s Done
Have you lost some asphalt roof shingles because of wind? Let me show you how to fix that with a job I did on my now house a while back. It’s got a steep roof, so it’s tricky to get up and…
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INTERIORS: “Is There Any Way to Soundproof a Single-Layer Floor?”
Question: How can we make the floor in our house more soundproof? We live in a log cabin and the upstairs flooring is just one layer of tongue and groove planking on top of beams that forms the ceiling of…
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MULTI-FUEL GENERATORS: Ideal Option for Long-Term Outages
Home generators have never been more popular because people are more concerned than ever about backup electrical power when the grid goes down. What’s easy to miss is that without pre-planning, most generators won’t offer much benefit for outages lasting…
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AN UNPLUGGED PEOPLE: Take a Peek At What The Amish Read
What would it be like if your main reading material was one monthly newspaper? Read Steve’s account of a tiny publication that serves people who choose to live differently in most ways, including the information they choose to take in.
