Tips To Help You Sell Your House
Kitchen Home Improvements
Do It Yourself Kitchen Remodeling
Apart from possibly the bathroom, kitchens get more traffic from more individuals in most homes than any other room. And, unlike bathrooms, they're one of the most visible. Make your kitchen functional and beautiful on a budget with these simple ideas.
Installing Kitchen Cabinets
Even beginning do-it-yourselfers will find that installing kitchen cabinets is do-it-yourself-able. With care, the results can be as fine as any professional job. Here are some tips to achieve that goal.
Fixing Your Sink
Whether kitchen or bathroom, fixing a sink can be straightforward or it can be a nightmare. Much depends on the condition of the valves and hoses leading to them.
Choosing Countertops
Choosing a material for your countertops involves considerations of cost, appearance and use. Some are as inexpensive as $10 per square foot, others as high as $100 or more. Which you choose will depend on your taste and budget, as well as how you plan to make use of the surface.
Bathroom Home Improvements
Do It Yourself Bathroom Remodeling
Few spaces in the home are as personal, and as practical, as the bathroom. Bathrooms are a place to refresh, re-group and prepare for the coming day. They're also a place to wind down from a day just past and prepare for bed.
Tips for Installing A Tile Floor
Installing a tile floor is one of the more difficult home remodeling projects. But with care, it's within reach of anyone.
Tips for Installing Leak Proof Showers
Shower installations are tough, no getting around it. Most home remodeling projects require care, but this is one case where even a small error can lead to disaster. Behind-the-wall or under-the-floor leaks can cause increased insect invasions and large repair bills. So, before you decide to undertake it, prepare to commit yourself to nothing less than a first rate job.
Installing Your Hot Tub
If you've ever installed an outdoor deck and patio and hooked up an indoor dishwasher, you've got the skills needed to install your own hot tub.
Fixing Clogs
Modern chemistry has created both friend and challenge. Hand soaps, shaving cream and other concoctions make life a lot more healthy and convenient than it was a hundred years ago. But some traditional problems are still with us: clogs.
Deck Home Improvements
Six Tips For Decks Built to Last
With only a few dozen deck screws, lag screws, galvanized nails, bolts, joists, posts, braces, flashing, concrete bags, gravel, stain, thinner, drill, level, plumb bob, hammer, measuring tape... you too can build a deck. Sounds complicated already, eh? No one can teach you to build a deck in one page. But here are some tips about how to build a deck that's stronger, lasts longer and gives you the result you want.
Three Steps To Refinish Your Decks
Keeping decks sturdy and looking new is a three step process that can be low cost and require only moderate effort.
Other Home Improvements
Home Air Conditioning Maintenance Made Easy
Left alone, cool things warm up from their warmer surroundings. Every air cooling system takes advantage of some very interesting laws of physics to reverse this and make your home temperature lower than the outdoors. Fortunately, you don't have to be a scientist to keep that system working well. Here are some simple tips to do just that...
Diagnose Central Heating Systems
Home heating systems serve a simple purpose. But to achieve it they employ a surprisingly complicated set of components, some of which are prone to failure. Let's start with the simple and obvious (and cheap!) things first.
How To Lay Indoor-Outdoor Carpet
Laying carpet is often one of those projects where paying a professional is worth the cost. But if you have a simple installation, or really want to save the money, here are some guidelines to follow for a professional looking job.
Low Hassle Exterior Painting
Fortunately, painting the outside of most homes is easier today than ever. We said easier... not easy. When the average cost of a professional paint job runs several thousand dollars (though they do earn it), you may want to tackle it yourself.
Low Hassle Roof Repair
Roof repair can be simple and cheap... or you can wait until the damage spreads and you have a condition only a professional can solve - for hundreds of dollars.
Options for Lighting Your Home
Thanks to advances in materials science and other techno-wizardry, your lighting design options today are, well, blinding. Any look you want, for any part of the home with any layout is available.
Replacing Doors
Replacing doors falls into two categories: (1) replacing just the door, (2) replacing the door plus the frame. The first is easy, but the second is within the skill set of the average do-it-yourselfer as well. Here, we'll cover the first case only.
Replacing Screens
If carried out correctly, replacing your screens can be a snap. Be careless and you really will have to replace the whole screen, frame and all.
Insulation
Which one of the important 'systems' of your home has no moving parts and is spread throughout the house? Answer: insulation. Insulation helps keep homes cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Temperature control is one of the chief reasons houses were invented, after all.
Choosing An Alarm System
Few things are as important to most homeowners as the security of his or her home. Fortunately, today there are more options than ever. Here are some tips on how to select one with confidence...
Basement Challenges
Remodeling your basement presents several challenges, which can all be turned into advantages. Here's how...
Adding A Bedroom
The average cost for a room addition in the U.S. runs between $50,000 and $65,000. You may want to save that outlay by undertaking the effort yourself. But, be prepared.
Choosing A Contractor
A good contractor earns every dime you pay them; a bad contractor will take every dime you have.
Judging Construction
Beyond the basics of grading, foundation and floors, and walls and roofs, there are a host of smaller - but still essential - elements to inspect.
Judging Construction Ground and Walls
Even when a homeowner doesn't have the advantage of watching the progress of construction from the beginning, it's still possible to judge the final result. Professional inspectors do it all the time, and they have extensive lists of what needs to be checked.
