Garage, Green, Heating & Cooling, How To, Videos
If you’re like most of the US population of homeowners, your garage door is a simple steel door with little to no insulation. This style of garage door has one redeeming value; it is cheap. …
Written by: Marc Lyman
DIY Discussion, How To, Woodworking
So in March I posted that I was going to make a wooden surfboard with my friend Jimbo. It could take a while, but WTF, I don’t like cold water anyway. It’s for the summer, …
Written by: Brad
Springtime is in full force; flowers are in full bloom, trees are leafing out, and I’ve had my 50th allergy headache. It’s a beautiful time to be outside. It is also time to start really …
Written by: Leroy
You know that keyhole style fastening system you often find on shelves, mirrors, fixtures, etc? It provides a relatively secure way to attach things to your walls, but installation can be a little hit or …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Living in an area with a lot of older homes, and being widely renowned for my vintage home repair expertise (if only in my own mind), I have ample opportunities to hone my character-rectification skills. …
Written by: Phil
The dryer. It’s one of those appliances that you forget about until it doesn’t work, right? Nothing is quite as bad as either running to the laundromat or ‘freeze drying’ your laundry in December because …
Written by: Leroy
I’m lucky. There’s a Rockler store just 1.8 miles away. Of course I’m also lucky to live by the beach, be only fifteen minutes from work, and live in beautiful southern California. I lucked out again …
Written by: Brad
Last week, we talked about how to install a video surveillance system. In that marathon post, we mentioned that we weren’t too excited about installing bright, metallic silver cameras on every corner of our 1930’s …
Written by: Marc Lyman
My first intro to the world of video surveillance came when, in a flurry of poor economic decision-making, I purchased a Toshiba network surveillance camera which I installed as part of my mission to keep …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Architecture, Building Materials, How To
Often times in life, good things are born from seemingly bad situations. And so it goes for homeownership too. We recently had some roofing repairs done to our Spanish tile roof. When the roofers began …
Written by: Marc Lyman