Exterior


How To Install Vinyl Gutters - 08/13/2010

What To Do About Brown Grass - 07/07/2010

The Case of the Mysterious Basement Leak - 04/05/2010

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 Seed? - 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 Seed 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

How-To Guide For Cutting Grass - 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 Install Vinyl Gutters

Filed under: Exterior - 13 Aug 2010

Last year I replaced most of my home’s old aluminum rain gutters with vinyl rain gutters (some people call them “plastic gutters”). My previous seamless aluminum gutters were at the end of their life, falling off my house and bent beyond usefulness after years of being dented and dinged by ladders, falling branches and even a baseball or two. I considered replacing my aluminum gutters with aluminum again, but after I weighed the pros and cons of aluminum vs vinyl rain gutters I decided to try something new. …

What To Do About Brown Grass

Filed under: Exterior,Lawn and Garden - 07 Jul 2010

Brown Grass - is it dead?  Will it regrow?Okay, what is the photo on the right? Is it a photo from Africa’s Serengeti National Park? It is the remains of a foolish attempt to grow a lawn in the Arizona Desert? Maybe it’s a farm that specializes in growing hay?

Sadly, it is none of those things. It is, unfortunately, my back yard. I live in New Jersey where we’ve been suffering from a heck of a drought for the past three months. In March we had double the amount of …

The Case of the Mysterious Basement Leak

It was while I was in the middle of framing and insulating my basement that I first found the mysterious leak in my basement. One sunny day I was happily putting up steel framing and when I returned the next rainy day I found a pie-plate sized puddle forming right where the basement foundation and cinder block walls met.

The source of the water in my basement was still a mystery.My basement has always been bone dry until I found this leak, which suddenly had me wondering if I should even bother to refinish …

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 …

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