Exterior


How To Use A Caulk Gun - 01/13/2010

Should You Cover Your Air Conditioner During The Winter? - 12/04/2009

House Numbers Plaque Review - 11/07/2009

Control Carpenter Bees With Copper Mesh - 10/03/2009

Late Summer Is A Great Time For Home Improvements - 09/19/2009

Making Sidewalk Art With A Power Washer - 09/16/2009

Paint Your House With These House Painting Tips - 08/19/2009

Improving the Cooling Power of Your Central Air Conditioner - 08/14/2009

A Ladder Stabilizer Review of Ladder-Max - 08/01/2009

Do-It-Yourself Gutters: Vinyl vs. Aluminum - 06/17/2009

How To Spread Mulch - 06/12/2009

How To Remove and Replace Lawn Mower Blades - 05/20/2009

When Is The Best Time To Plant Grass? - 04/13/2009

Why A Pressure Treated Wood Fence is Worth The Money - 02/10/2009

My 2009 Home Improvement Projects - 01/04/2009

Should You Switch to LED Christmas Lights To Save Money? - 12/03/2008

An Easy Way To Fill A Lawn and Leaf Bag - Without A Leaf Bag Holder - 11/28/2008

How To Make A Gutter Cleaning Vacuum - 11/25/2008

50 Fall Home Improvement Projects You Can Do With Your Daylight Savings Hour - 10/31/2008

My Troy-Bilt Yard Chipper Vacuum Review - 10/13/2008

Quick Railroad Tie Flower Beds - My Last Summer Outdoor Home Improvement Project - 09/22/2008

Seven Quick and Easy Home Improvement Projects for the Fall - 09/08/2008

Seven Cheap DIY Home Cooling Projects To Lower Your Elecric Bill - 08/07/2008

How To Install and Replace A Wooden Fence - 07/22/2008

Top Five Summer Home Improvement Projects - 07/14/2008

Central Air Conditioner Not Working? Try These Simple Troubleshooting Steps - 06/06/2008

How To Plant Grass Quickly and Easily - 09/04/2007

Oldcastle’s Ugliest Patio Contest! - 08/03/2007

How To Care For and Maintain Your Central Air Conditioner - 07/12/2007

Lawn Mowing Tips and Tricks to Keep Your Lawn Green - 06/22/2007

How To Build Your Own Dirt and Stone Screen Sifter…with Wheels! - 06/04/2007

My Ugly Backyard: Step 1 - Removing the Dirt from the Stone - 05/25/2007

My Ugly Backyard Can Be Seen From Outer Space - 04/28/2007

Avoid Climbing on Your Roof by using Cheap and Easy Rain Gutter Covers - 03/05/2007

Turn Your Lawn Mower Into A Leaf Vacuum and Shredder - 11/24/2006

How To Use A Caulk Gun

Filed under: Basement Remodeling, Exterior, Interior - 13 Jan 2010

A caulk gun is one of those tools that everyone can identify, but not a lot of people use on an everyday basis. Caulking guns can, of course, be used for much more than just caulk. They can spread out caulk, sealants, adhesives, and just about any other tacky chemical or material that is designed to be used with a caulk gun.

Cutting the tip of a caulk tube with a caulking gun.

Most caulk guns have a nozzle cutter in the handle.Caulking …

Should You Cover Your Air Conditioner During The Winter?

Filed under: Exterior, Fall Leaves, Lawn and Garden - 04 Dec 2009

It’s cool in most of the country now and that means it’s time to go through the last few steps needed to get your home ready for winter. For those of you who have window AC units you should almost definitely take them out and store them properly inside. However, the question of whether you need to cover a central AC unit still remains a murky one, with a lot of “heated” debate on both sides.

House Numbers Plaque Review

Filed under: Exterior, Lawn and Garden, New Home Products - 07 Nov 2009

This summer my wife and I spent a fair amount of time and energy on increasing the “curb appeal” of our home and the last official exterior home improvement we’re performed this year was purchasing one of those fancy new metal house number plaques!

We replaced our old house numbers with something a little more modern.

Our old house numbers sign before we painted our house.Our previous house numbers were more than likely original to our house: they were black metal letters that were screwed …

Control Carpenter Bees With Copper Mesh

Filed under: Exterior, Lawn and Garden - 03 Oct 2009

Carpenter bees are large bees that are often mistaken for bumble bees and are known for their destructive and annoying habit of burrowing into dead wood. For homeowners around the world this means that any piece of exposed wood on the outside of home could become riddled with small almost bullet-like holes that serve as the burrow from which eggs are hatched. Wooden decks, wood shingles, dead trees and wooden house eaves and fascia are all prime targets for carpenter bee holes. The holes that the carpenter bees drill will rarely cause any sort of structural damage, …

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