Building a Trash Can Pad :: Another Landscape Challenge Solved
Building a Trash Can Pad or Stand, is much like installing a paver patio - just on a smaller scale. Both why and how I built this stand using scrap 4 x...
Category Archives: Make-Maintain-Fix
How To’s || Home Improvement & Home Repair.
Installing a Manufactured Rain Barrel and Kit
As you know, your landscape constantly demands water. A rain barrel is a great way to collect water that would be otherwise wasted. It helps fulfill for those lawn and landscape watering...
How to Achieve a Long-Lasting and Beautiful Wood Floor :: Wood Flooring Care Best Practices
Wood floors do not require meticulous maintenance, but they cannot take care of themselves. You need to be careful and avoid damaging friction, and also adopt wood-safe cleaning practices. Wood floors are...
Replacing Roof Flashing at a SideWall :: On Wood Lap Siding after Jacking Up a Porch Roof
Ironically, when I cut open my ceiling, again earlier in the process of jacking up the roof, there were definitely signs of a roof leak/water damage on the porch's roof deck. So...
Rental Refresh: Big Bangs in Small Projects :: New Faucets and Countertop Paint for a Vanity Redo
Our long time tenant, let’s call her Pam, moved (actually buying a home with the help of real estate agent Mrs Moxie). She had been with us for her second stint of...
6 Common Spring Home Repairs that will Help You Recover from Winter
Winters can wreak havoc on a home. Common Spring Home Repairs include: Replacing a Damaged Shingle, Fixing a Crack in an Asphalt Driveway, Repairing Damage to Chimney and More. The magnitude of...
Creating an Allergy Free Air Conditioning System
You may not know it, but your air conditioner is one of the most important tools in the fight against indoor allergies. Between their talent for pulling excess humidity out of the...
How to Repair a Large Crack in Plaster || Video :: Using Big Wally’s Plaster Magic + Standard Drywall Techniques
Repairing plaster can be broken down into two large parts, each containing a handful of smaller steps. First, you must secure your loose plaster and then, you must finish your repair. Here,...
Replacing a Grounded Plug on a Space Heater
Small appliances themselves or their cords may indicate what kind of wire you are dealing with. My space heater had it clearly marked on its cord - 14 AWG. After looking at...
Installing a Handheld Showerhead :: Video
The idea of adding a handheld showerhead may seem like a luxury to some. Something reserved for a master bath, not necessarily a secondary, hall or kids bath. But it can also...
Winterizing a Rain Barrel: Winter Means Cold and Ice
It was cold this weekend in Baltimore. This is important because it was really cold, below freezing during the day for the first time this ... go around. Something about it said,...
DIY Security Bars || Basement Window Redo
I then turned my attention to security bars. But on checking both the Home Depot and Lowe's, not one thing that either place had would have worked. This then meant that I...