February 29th, 2012 — Bathroom, Clean, Design, locks, Pest Control, Refrigerator, Renting
If you’re a renter, then you know that sometime it takes a while to feel at home in a new place, especially if you’ve had to move frequently in recent years. There’s more to making a house or apartment feel like home than just moving your stuff in and setting it up. These 7 things [...]
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February 29th, 2012 — Cheap Alternative, Dishwasher, Handy Man, Kitchen, Refresh, Refrigerator, Repair
If you’re stuck with some aging appliances and replacing them isn’t in your budget, there are a few appliance repair tricks that you can use to give them a facelift and make them more energy efficient, on the cheap. For this article, we’re going to focus on refreshing your refrigerator and dishwasher, but these tips [...]
February 28th, 2012 — Handy Man, Replace, Safety
If you have an older home, or if you aren’t quite sure how old your smoke alarms are, it’s a good time to think about replacing them. Even if you have regularly replaced your batteries in your smoke alarms, they may become less effective as they get older. Some of the newer models also have [...]
February 28th, 2012 — Cabinets, Handy Man, Kitchen, Refurbish
If you choose to refinish kitchen cabinets instead of replace them, you’ll save thousands of dollars on this improvement. From replacing cabinets at a cost of $3,000 to $5,000 to refinishing them for a few hundred, it’s easy to see why this is a popular remodeling decision. Of course, you must have wood cabinets in [...]
February 27th, 2012 — Handy Man, locks, Replace
Changing out a lock tends to be a relatively simple and straight forward task that only requires a few minutes of your time. A little bit of effort can really go a long way when it comes to providing you with some much needed peace of mind. This is a quick guide that will show [...]
February 27th, 2012 — Gutters, Handy Man
You might not think that choosing new gutters for home is a very big decision. Rain gutters are a crucial part of our homes that we really don’t give much thought to until there’s a problem. If they’re installed properly, they’re not something we even tend to notice when looking at a house. But choosing [...]
February 26th, 2012 — Handy Man, House Paint, Project
If you have a holiday home where you intend to stay during the winter season, you may be thinking about some of the renovations that you can do to keep the house in tip top shape, even if you only intend on staying there for a few days, a few weeks or a few months [...]
February 26th, 2012 — House Damage, Repair, Replace, stairs
Broken or loose stairs are not only unsightly, but they can also be incredibly dangerous. Repairing stairs doesn’t have to be difficult and unless they need a total replacement, you should be able to take care of it with just some basic tools. To get started, you’ll need to have some nails, screws, a ladder, [...]
February 25th, 2012 — construction, Handy Man, Tools
Choosing a pipe threader starts with understanding how you want to use the equipment. Also known as a rigid pipe threader, this type of electrical machinery is used to add threads to the end of a pipe. The different choices are sizes of equipment for different sizes of pipe and differences in the way the [...]
February 25th, 2012 — Aesthetics, furniture, Handy Man
There’s a growing trend in interior design in which furniture arrangement is the biggest change in a room, while making it look as if it’s been remodeled. It’s certainly a budget arrangement, because it doesn’t cost anything to move furniture around. A poorly arranged room can go from blah to beautiful if the furniture arrangement [...]
