One of the first DIY projects we undertook in our home was to replace our builder-grade interior window sills with larger wood ones. This is mainly a cosmetic project—our old sills were functioning just fine—but the results add so much visual interest, as well as value, to our home! W...
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To keep bugs out, use mortar or cement to patch foundations and masonry walls. Clear away damaged bricks and add new ones, filling the joints with mortar. Replace rotting wood or trim, and repair or replace damaged sections of siding or cladding. Consider adding a layer of cementitious ba...
The building is a storage facility built in the 70's. I have to replace or patch drywall frequently here. I had a mask on today but I couldn't stop coughing. A piece of the wall I had torn down said Underwriters' Laboratories INC. ( First word could be longer I just have this ...
Part 1 — How To Wrap Front Porch Posts (Turn Skimpy Front Porch Posts Into Pretty Columns) But after I wrapped those columns and wrote that post, I had to go back and make some pretty significant changes to the columns. Remember last week when I ...
Pool owners understand that along with owning a pool comes the task of learning how to replace parts that become damaged. After a long cold summer, sometimes a skimmer basket cracks and needs to be replaced. Other times, the skimmer basket remains in tac
Another thing to point out (didn’t see it in the article) is to make sure you don’t nail the deck boards into the band and through the Z flashing, last summer I had to replace all the siding, most of the framing, and detach a second floor wrap around deck because the builder ha...
Many people want to replace wood with PVC because of the great benefits but do not understand the similarities and differences between the two materials. One of the best aspects of using PVC for window decoration is that it can be worked in much the same way as wood. This ensures that, ...
And as the furnace draws in air to burn, new air has to come from somewhere to replace that which is being burned up and vented outside. Additional air is drawn into the house through cracks and gaps in the exterior walls and ceiling. This creates dry conditions (exterior air is ...
I haven’t noticed any outside but our cement board siding is painted a dark color and would make it hard to see them. I’m thinking they are penetrating around the basement windows. The windows are large and are not far off the ground. My wife is very (very, very) sensitive to ...