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Home improvement tips, product reviews and resources for the adventurous do it yourselfer.
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Dig Up Shrubs and Trees and Easily Cut Roots Without Hernias
Cutting down trees and shrubs is no big deal, unless of course you actually want to dig out the stump. If so, those pesky roots can make for an all-out stump wrestling battle. For the big stuff, you will probably still want an axe or hatchet. But for smaller opponents, a Japanese root [...]
Lift Mega-Loads Using Just Your Finger with the Warn PullzAll
The PullzAll by Warn is an amazingly handy tool for pulling and lifting heavy loads. You know those “come-alongs” that seem so handy for pulling and lifting loads? Well, the Warn Pullzall will make you wonder why you ever used a come-along when 100 tedious strokes seem to lift or pull the load [...]
Extend Your Electrical Boxes And Make Your Inspector Happy
If you are smart/brave/foolish enough to pull a city permit your current home improvement project, then you know it is all about keeping your inspector happy. Maybe “keeping” is not the right word. “Making” is probably a better choice, since I find inspectors are often unhappy. Apparently many inspectors feel trapped in [...]
Cleanroom Mats, Sticky Floors Are Good For Home Improvement
Lets face it, home improvement is dirty, dirty business. I am seem to be unable to to take on any project without making a mess my significant other disapproves of. I could be polishing a fixture or changing a light bulb, and yet I still will manage to track dirt throughout the house. [...]
Porter-Cable Palm Nailer, More Fun Than A Machine Gun
Air tools are already fun/dangerous, but the Porter Cable Palm Nailer is one of the greatest air tools yet. If you have ever endured the psychosis-inducing frustration of trying to hammer a nail in a confined space that allows you about 1 inch to swing the hammer head, this palm nailer is for you. [...]
Baseboard Heater Covers To Make Your Heaters Sexy
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 you are looking for a way to spruce us that ugliness by your floor, then Baseboard Heater Covers [...]
Corner The Toilet Market
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 from a regular toilet. In other words, he separated the tank from the base, cobbled together a [...]
Grill Up Some Tasty Windows
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 free aluminum for exterior applications. Their online configurator lets you design and order custom window grilles online. Big Blue [...]
Flex Your Restorative Muscles With Flex-Tec Epoxy
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 in a beefy, dual tube caulking gun setup that the Terminator might carry if he were into wood [...]
Silent Paint Remover, Remove Paint Like A Ninja
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 risk it eating your flesh off, and there’s the potential carcinogen issue. Heat guns are effective, but [...]
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