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My son recently asked for help installing vinyl flooring in his bathroom. So we took a trip to the local home center to pick up materials and supplies. What I found surprised me. I knew t...
Brick has a timeless appearance and requires little maintenance, making it a popular material for a variety of applications. Once a structural component, brick nowadays is more commonly u...
It's always amazed me to see workmen sanding all the paint off a home's exterior just because some of the paint is peeling. All that work and expense, and rarely is it necessary. General...
The first thing to know about cleaning concrete? You don't need to be delicate. After all, it's a very hard material. Basic CleaningThese approaches will enable you to get a long way towa...
Hurricane Sandy proved to be a trial for many of us. My wife and I were fortunate, and our home suffered no major damage. The storm did, however, test the paint job I'd recently completed...
I grew up in a split-level, the house style that dominated suburbia in the decades immediately following World War II. The middle floor—the one that "split" the upper and lower ...
The first time I heard about someone painting a wood floor I was skeptical. Would it last? Could you scrub it? And why would you do it to begin with?Some years later, my wife and I moved ...
It's not difficult to add a closet, but doing so will probably be more costly than reorganizing an existing one. So exhaust all other storage options before taking the plunge. There are s...
Recently my wife and I moved into a co-op. It’s kind of like a condo but with a few additional restrictions about what you can and can’t do without approval from the co-op board. One thin...
You have the desire, the energy, and the skills to beef up the insulation around your house, but the cost of materials has put the job on pause. This was me a few weeks ago. My wife and I...
