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Make Steps From Cinder Blocks

Making Steps with Cinder Blocks

This guide is about making steps with cinder blocks. Whether making temporary or permanent steps, cinder block can be a useful building material.

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Separating Plastic Buckets

This is a guide about separating plastic buckets. It is very frustrating when those plastic buckets you have been collecting get stuck inside one another.

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Getting Stuck Plastic Buckets Apart

Do you have plastic buckets that are stuck together? Here are step by step instructions for getting them unstuck.

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Two Men Moving Sofa

Moving Furniture

This is a guide about moving furniture. Moving furniture safely, for you and your floors, is often a daunting undertaking.

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How to Pressure Wash a House

How to Pressure Wash a House

This video series by Steve Chapman of Elite Pressure Cleaning gives great detailed instructions on how to pressure wash your home. Be sure to watch the related videos for additional steps and more pressure washing tips.

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Removing Paint from a Interior Window

Some years back I painted an internal window for privacy reasons and now I want to take the paint off. Is there a simple economical way of doing this please?

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How to Install a Ceiling Fan

How to Install a Ceiling Fan

This short video series teaches you how to install a ceiling fan in your home. Check out the related videos for additional steps and more ceiling fan installation tips.

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Paintstick Ruler

Paintstick Ruler

I didn't have a ruler and usually need one at my desk.

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Getting Rid of Moisture Buildup in Closet

I have been away for a week. I came home to find that when I opened my closet, there were little beads of water puddles by the hundreds of the floor. My shoes were not wet. This closet is normally the coldest place in my apartment, even without an air vent. What caused this?

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Photo of a Screen Door Drape

Screen Door Substitute

Instead of paying to have a screen door installed between an attached garage and the interior of the home, drape a shear lacelike material over an expansion rod. Place the rod at the top of the door inside the framework.

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photo of tough job

Photo: Tough Job (Cutting Down A Tree)

I watched this guy meticulously trim the branches from this tree in my neighbor's back yard, and carefully lower them to the ground by rope. Then he took the tree down a chunk at a time. Not for the faint at heart to be sure.

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Making Copper Countertops

Has anyone ever made their own copper countertops using 20 gauge copper sheets?

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Add Storage By Going Up

When you don't have a lot of space, try going up instead of around the room. A stacked washer and dryer is a good example. Floor to ceiling gives you lots of storage for anything. Try stacking pieces of furniture for more space.

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Removing Tannins from Well Water

We are selling our house. Currently, we have tannins in our well water causing the water to be yellow. How can I make the toilet water clear?

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Contact Manufacturer For Assistance

I had the 1960's Betty Crocker loose leaf cook book. My son asked for a recipe and I pulled out the book, only to find the page missing. I looked on the Betty Crocker Internet site and it wasn't there, so I wrote to Betty Crocker.

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