A bucket of soapy water and a long-handled, soft-bristled brush can remove the dust and dirt that have splashed onto your wood, vinyl, metal, stucco, brick, and fiber cement siding. Power washers (rental: $100 to $250 per day) can reveal the true color of your fla...
an ancient smokebush, a couple boring big-box-store shrubs and a sea of scrubby lawn. Inside, we were amazed at the amount of dust and cat hair on our furniture now apparent in the bright house.
Because SketchUp enables you to replace one material with another, you can experiment with materials quickly and easily. In a kitchen, preview different countertop materials, such as black granite, blue tile, and white composite. If you’re picking out house paint colors, compare yellow siding an...
TOM: First, understand that painting an average home between, say, around 1,500 and 2,500 square feet can cost anywhere between 1,000 and 6,000 bucks. Big range. Pros are going to provide estimates based primarily on the area of the walls or siding that you’re paintin...
Lay shingles to match the original roof on the new gable roof. Wrap the walls and gable end with house wrap. Install siding to match the house on the front and sides of the new gable walls and ends. Step 12 Finish the new gable with 1-by-4-inch trim boards at the wall corners ...