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5 Common Home Improvement Fails You Should Avoid

5 Common Home Improvement Fails You Should Avoid

Are you planning some DIY projects, but you’re new to it all and worried about making mistakes? Home Improvement work can be a cost effective way of upgrading your house to increase its overall value, as well as being a fun challenge to make your place exactly how you want it to be. Every area continue reading

Water going down a drain

How to Unclog a Sewer Line Without a Snake

A clogged sewer line poses a lot of serious problems. If the problem comes from a kitchen sink pipe or a toilet, the issue might be just a clogged drain. But if every flush creates a sewage build up in your home, it is highly likely that the problem is in your main sewer line. continue reading

How to Power an Outdoor Security Camera | Planning | Placing

When considering an outdoor security camera, it is easy to overlook that these cameras require a constant and reliable power source. This is also true for most wireless devices. However, for these cameras to function effectively, they must have a reliable power supply. Various types of security cameras have different powering methods. For example, there continue reading

Floating Floor Slats

What Is A Floating Floor, Its Advantages & Disadvantages?

If you plan to remodel floors in your house you can choose from different options. Installing an entirely new flooring, refinishing your existing hardwood floor or the third way: installing a floating floor, a floor that “floats” over the existing one. If you consider this quick and easy DIY solution you might wonder what exactly continue reading

Air Purifiers help fight indoor air pollution

Do Air Purifiers Really Work or Are They A Waste of Money?

Air purifiers are an ever increasingly popular item for households, offices and other enclosed areas. There are even air purifiers available for cars. They are obviously useful in environments where the air tends to be polluted. However, you might wonder: do air really work or are they just a waste of money? The short answer continue reading

How to Remove a Window Screen

Window screens are useful in many ways because it has benefits that make your house much more comfortable. Its advantages include improved air flow inside your home, reduced sunlight exposure, and decreased heat during warm weather. It also prevents water from getting inside during rainy weather while keeping outside elements such as insects, debris, dirt, continue reading

Installing floating floors

How to Install a Floating Floor (Laminate, Vinyl, Engineered Hardwood)

Floating floors made of laminate, vinyl or engineered hardwood have become popular over the past 2-3 decades. This is because they are a convenient and easy-to-install but yet appealing alternative to fixed floors. Installing such floating floors can be handled by most DIYers. This article provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to install a continue reading

Kitchen countertop with stove

How to Cut Laminate Countertops

Installing a countertop is fairly easy. The struggle comes with joining two materials together, especially around the corners, which is necessary though in order to create a flat and continuous surface. If you want to achieve the best joints, you will have to use the right techniques on how to cut laminate countertops. In general, continue reading

How to Get Rid of Black Mold on Drywall

The unpleasant presence of black mold in your house does not only pose a health risk for you and your family but might also suggest another larger problem in your house – broken insulation or water infiltration system, for instance. You will want to learn how to get rid of black mold on drywall and continue reading

best log splitter

Best Log Splitter Reviews

If you are anything like me, you love your fireplace. Whether you have a cozy indoor one or an outside fire pit, you are going to need some logs for that fire! I’m no lumberjack, but I have found that investing in the best log splitter for the money can save you the expense of buying continue reading