Sooner or later, every homeowner or landlord will have to deal with a hole or gouge in the sheet rock that needs a patch. Maybe you let the door go too quickly and it went through the wall, or you had an electrician come in and need to remove a section of the wall to …
It’s the middle of winter. You turn on your faucet for a warm bath or to wash the dishes and no water. Uh oh. You may have a frozen pipe on your hands. Read on to learn how to thaw a frozen drain pipe and how to prevent it from happening again. Locate Frozen Pipes …
Ever wished you had a certain power tool in your home while carrying out a certain project? Imagine you just bought an new TV, and you don’t want to call the local handyman around. You just want to mount it on the wall by yourself. Well, you can do that if you have the tools …
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If you’re like many of us, you’re probably procrastinating fixing some of the most common plumbing problems around your home. The best of us do. This is probably wasting water, costing you money, and could lead to much bigger problems if they aren’t addressed. Often people don’t want to spend the money to fix them, …
Whether you are keeping up on the health of your current home, on the market to purchase, or are making an investment in a rental property, there is a lot to consider before buying a new home. One of those is whether or not the condition of that home’s foundation is in condition. But how …
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Tips in Cleaning Brickwork One of the many exciting things about building a home is the process of picking out the materials and design accents to be used. Various surveys and statistics have shown that brick is still undeniably one of the most popular material choices of homeowners when it comes to building and decorating …
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In the United States, around 600,000 homes are damaged by termites each year. And approximately $5 billion per year are spent in controlling and repairing the termite damage. According to Mike Potter, an urban entomologist and a professor at the University of Kentucky, every state in the U.S., except Alaska, is susceptible to termite problems. …
Too often, homeowners consider doors as a single piece that needs to be replaced all at once. Interior doors aren’t too intimidating, but the idea of replacing an exterior door makes most people cringe. Luckily, replacing a pane of glass on a door is actually relatively easy, and something that any homeowner can do. Even …