Many of you outside of warm, sunny San Diego might rely on hydronic heating from baseboard heaters. That’s hydronic as in water for heating, not hydoponic as in water for growing special plants, ok? If …
Written by: Marc Lyman
My mother-in-law has this crazy toilet that some very creative do-it-yourselfer installed. What this previous owner lacked in plumbing skills, he attempted to make up for in ingenuity. The sad result, an improv high-tank-toilet made …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Are your windows looking a tad boring? If so, consider making them tasty again with some custom made-to-order window grilling from Big Blue Windows. Choose from multiple wood species for decorative interior applications or maintenance …
Written by: Marc Lyman
I was recently restoring some older doors and windows and needed a good epoxy solution to address some pretty bad wood degradation. My trusty local paint supply store recommended a product called Flex-Tec. It comes …
Written by: Marc Lyman
The Silent Paint Remover, aka infrared paint stripper, might be your ideal solution for assassinating old paint. Let’s face it, stripping old paint is a hassle. You could use methyl chloride stripper, but then you’d …
Written by: Marc Lyman
I first saw the Squeak No More system demonstrated on an episode of This Old House. At first, it struck me as a crazy idea. . . but after seeing it demonstrated it makes a …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Cutting insulation cleanly used to be like cutting your airline chicken dinner with a TSA-approved knife. . . not fun, not effective. I recently had a small insulation install that included cutting angles in the …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Quick, what’s the largest crop in America? You guessed it, our lawns. Almost every patch of proud blades requires some machine to keep it trim, and given a recent publication of controversial but alarming statistics …
Written by: Alec
Do you have a love-hate relationship with your caulk tubes? I know I do. There is a whole shelf in the garage filled with multiples of the same caulk. Inevitably, trying to use a previously …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Reggio Registers deliver top notch metal grilles for hvac. Did I ever mention that nothing in our house in “standard size”? Oh yeah, I have mentioned that about 100 times. In perhaps one of the …
Written by: Marc Lyman