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Accessible Home 1: Common sense
Designing with common sense makes all homes more accessible.
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Accessible Home 2: Technology
Better living through make-sense technology makes all homes more accessible.
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Attic access
Pull-down folding stairs: They're good... if installed right and made of sturdy wood.
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Basement Remodeling?
Want a basement 'rec? room (to avoid a wrecked living room)? What to know?
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Basements: Low-Down Luxury
Guess what room is fast becoming the "new" home entertainment center!
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Bath Remodeling Trends
What's hot? What's not? Tips for adding, fixing, removing or redoing.
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Bathroom design tips
Some basic rules and no-no's to help you avoid bath design 'uh-ohs'
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Bathtub Restoration
Can't afford to replace your tub with one that's new? Here are a few options -- from us to you.
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Bathtubs -- Cast Iron or Acrylic?
What gives the best scrub-a-dub-dub? Here's the pros and cons on bathtubs!
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Blocking Backup
Repair and improvement backup "blocking" today adds extra support tomorrow.
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Breathe Easy
Protect your lungs from dust, fumes or vapors.
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Brick Weather-Beaters
In Florida's recent hurricanes brick passed Mother Nature's toughest test.
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Broken Chair Leg
A chair repair!
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Budget Bathroom Additions
How to plan a bathroom addition without total budget demolition!
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Build a temporary Saw-Horse
In the movies, cowboys have horses, but when you need on, a sawhorse, that is! It ain’t always around! Today you’ll learn how to rustle one up when chips are down!
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Build Your Own Home?
How owner/builder construction saves wallet and budget destruction!
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Builder/Contractor Lingo
Learn "construction-speak" and better your chances of a project's success!
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Building codes
What you should know about a perceived 'nuisance' That's really all good?!
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Building Permits and Licenses
Avoid building a camel when you want a horse.
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Building/Remodeling? Plan Ahead
How last-minute installation sets the stage for life-style frustration.
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Call Before You Dig
There are thousands of feet of pipes, cables and power lines buried only a few feet under your yard.
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Certified Wood Update
Today, the rush for ?good? wood is on.
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Concrete Inroads
How cement is making inroads to many more aspects of house and home!
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Construction At Your House?
Before you build or move a wall... ASK... (so you won't "fight City Hall") !
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Construction Defects: Top 10
Construction is more art than science.
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Cutting A Ceiling Hole?
Put dust "in it's place"... and keep messy overhead drilling out of your face!
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Deconstruction
Remodeling? Building? Deconstruction should be part of any new construction!
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Dents and Gouges in Furniture
Getting steamed makes dents disappear and keeps you from getting steamed!
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Digital Documentation
Photos of work as you go…gives x-ray “smarts” later… when you need to know.
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DIY sanding pole
How a regular old sponge mop helps you sand way up top.
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DIY statistics & trends
What other homeowners are doing and what type of projects are brewing.
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DIY wood filler
Just mix what you 'sweep up' with some liquid adhesive in a cup.
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Do It Yourself?
Weigh benefits versus risk to see if DIY remodel and repair is right for you.
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Do-it-Yourself Disasters
Who homeowners are calling to undo their do-it-yourself disasters.
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Drywall Corner Clips
A nifty little building product that saves time and material, energy and money...
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Dust Catcher
How to get "rid" of dust...and to "collect" it...all at the same time!
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Easy-access Remodeling
Incorporate easy-access remodeling; it will be user-friendly and accessible for those who will appreciate your care, effort and thoughtfulness.
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Electric Wire Connections
For electric wires to work safe and right, always connect them snug and tight!
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Equity Home Improvements
What impact increased home equity is having and what homeowners are doing.
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Extreme Power Sanding
Want to sand away lots of wood'sometimes you just gotta go "against the grain!"
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Family ties that bind
Cracked stud, joist or rafter?Shore things up by installing a "sister" for support.
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Faucet Quick-fix
A washer flip can buy you time!
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Feng Shui Spruce-Up (Fung Shway)
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice -- a way of thinking and setting up a home or an office.
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Fireplace Anyplace
Today, any room (anywhere) can look like ?Lifestyles of the you-know-who?...
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Flexible housing – home of the future
Homes of the future usually focus on Hi-Tech stuff, but a new home of the future says “flex” is enough. Today you’ll learn how “flexible” housing offers rooms that actually shrink and grow!
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Garage Mahal
Just how big our garages have become with three, four or more cars in some!
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Hammering and Nailing Wood Trim?
Protect where finish nails "go in"... Put a "shield" in place... to "save face"!
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Handsaw Pointers
To hand-saw wood straight and true, here's all you have to do!
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Hanging New Ceiling Fixtures?
How to pick the right spot... without false starts... and moving around a lot!
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Hardware Shopper "Be Prepared"
All too often homeowners head for the hardware store or home center without a clear idea of what they want or need.
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Hire learning / contractors
How to get what you ask for when taking bids and hiring a contractor.
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Home Improvement Contracts
Second thoughts? Know when it's okay to cancel a signed agreement!
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Home Improvement Helpers
From kitchen floors to windows and doors, you can plan all this and more... online!
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Home Improvement Survey
Home improvements continue, depite weakened economy.
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Home Theater: Silent Movies
What's the latest in home theater technology? Shhh -- it's "quiet."
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Home-Based Business Homes
How new homes are changing...and builders are re-arranging!
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Home-repair Scam Artists
How to spot (and avoid) home-repair scam artists at your door.
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Homes Of The (Near) Future
While it ain't George Jetson, you still better hang onto your Stetson!
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Household Law and Order
Improvements or repairs? The "law" of sensibility and the "order" of priorities.
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How to Fix a Showerhead Inexpensively
Spray foam sealant into the wall and lock the goose-neck showerhead in place.
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If I Could Re-Do My Remodel
The oversights and mistakes that some homeowners have made.
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Is It Square?
How to be sure anything is square?by just measuring from ?here to there"!
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Job-site Temporary Zippers
Here's how to come and go while saying "no" to messy work-site dust.
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Kitchen Work Triangle
Don't cook up a nightmare in your kitchen!
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Kitchens of the Future
Future kitchens are on schedule to become high-tech command-and-control nerve centers.
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Laundry Room Boom
What's the hottest new super-luxury home addition? You'll be surprised.
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Look to the Future
Electrical and plumbing of the future... is not space-age stuff (just planning ahead).
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Lumber Basics
How to choose the right lumber: by grade, type and number.
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Measuring Curves
How to measure those "wiggly shapes" whether convex or concave!
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Mechanics' Liens
Hiring a contractor? How to avoid paying twice (when a contractor is not being nice!)
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Mess Prevention
Big weekend project? How to prepare for a big mess, too. (plan ahead!)
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Middle management
How to center a measurement with easy-to-do middle management.
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Mind Your Moisture
Both today and tomorrow, moisture governs project success or sorrow!
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MoonlightRemodeling
Working extra hours is always an option, but are you violating local laws ?
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More laundry ro-o-o-om
Washers/dryers come out of the closet (and utility room, basement, garage?)
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My Kinda (Hardware) Town
It's a great time for hardware stores which last year sold about $15 billion worth of nails, screws, paint, tools, assorted hardware and other building materials to homeowners and contractors nationwide.
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New "curb appeal"
Sprucing up your home for the holidays? Curb appeal now starts at the curb.
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New Building Code
Check with your local municipal permits and inspections department to find out what code is now being used in your area.
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New Owner / Older Home
What other new owners of older homes do!
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New Synthetic Woods
New products deliver the goods with new look-alike synthetic woods.
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No holes curtain rod
How to take the sag out of metal closet rods.
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No Split / No Splinter Saw Cuts
Saw any type of veneer -- without splits, splinters or fear.
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Occupancy Sensors
Hi-tech "good life" gadgets for your home turn things on "where you roam"…
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One day bath remodels
Want a "new" bath in a hurry? Do what hotels and motels do.
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Papers and Orders
Make getting all "papers" part of your contractor's orders.
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People-friendly Design
Make both home and work safer, more comfortable and accessible for all.
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People-friendly Products
There's a drive to eliminate many unhealthful products that emit gases and fumes found in everything from new furniture to new carpeting.
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Perry Masonry Spring Repairs
After winter, do areas around windows, doors, roofing and flashing have holes and leaks everywhere that are in need of caulking?
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Pressure-treated Lumber
The pros and cons of treated wood and why it is both bad and good.
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Quick Fix Remodeling?
Here are some super-simple and inexpensive "facelifts" for a remodeling quick fix.
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Reconstituted wood products
All about woods that are new, what they're for, and what they do.
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Redrilling Holes
Make a precision same place "hole in one"... using two (hole saws) to get it done!
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The Triangular Effect
The most efficient kitchen contains a work triangle with a total length of not less than 23 feet and not more than 26 feet.
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Remodeling Scorecard
Where home improvement dollars go...and for "what" we're spending dough!
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Remodeling Top-10 List
Remodeling cost guidelines.
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Remove and Reuse Wood Trim?
Here's how to always "save face"... by removing nails the "right" way!
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Removing Plaster
Here's what you can expect when (for removal), a plaster wall is wrecked.
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Repair Rotted Wood Frames
Many homes, that unnecessarily get equipped with new windows each year, merely had rotted wood frames and sills that homeowners could easily have repaired themselves.
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Repairing a Damaged Tub
Keep your tub from going to the dogs.
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Replacing a Toilet Seat
Want to spiff up your bathroom for $15, or less?
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Review and Rethink Your House
Use the four "P's" before rethinking your home sweet home!
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Robot Home Builders
Homes of the future may soon be built by home "builders" of the future!
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Sagging Metal Closet Rods
How to take the sag out of metal closet rods.
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Sawing Holes in Metal
Here's how "one" can do the work of "two"... while cutting a hole... clear through !
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Seeking Peace and Quiet?
There's four steps to better soundproofing...and more insulation is only one!
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Sibling Support
Broken, cracked or weakened timbers? Shore things up by adding a "sister."
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Sister Act
Replacing a damaged structural member is not always necessary or practical.
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Sledgehammer Helper
Here's how a heavyweight hammer makes for a more solid slammer!
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Son of "Stud Finder"
Yet still another way to locate wall studs... (grab your electric razor) !
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Specialty Rooms and Spaces
New trends (and some old ones) are giving homes and neighborhoods a new look!
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Steel Framing for Remodels, Too
Steel doesn't rot, and you'll never have to fear termite damage.
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Stud Helper
Installing a towel bar? But where you want it isn't where the studs are?
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Surface Assessment
Home needs repainting? Make repairs and correct underlying problems first!
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Termite sniffing dogs
Canine sleuths are once again in the spotlight?only this time?hunting termites?
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The Fathers of Plywood
Ever wonder who invented plywood?
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Top Remodel Projects 2001
What's hot? What've they got? Ask 2,000 contractors... and they'll tell you!
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Treated Wood Cutting Costs
How to avoid a common mistake that lots of do-it-yourselfers make.
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True Lumber Numbers
2-by-4 numbers aren't size (they're sawmill and yard "little white lies")!
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Truss Modification
Want to remove some of that excess lumber in your attic? Don't even think about it!
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Two Rooms In One
Double your pleasure!
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Universal Design
When you remodel, add on, improve or repair -- there's one universal thing that should always be there!
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Virtual home improvement
Visualization programs let you see it finished before you start.
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Wall Beds "All Aboard!"
Two rooms in one.
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What's Up? Floating EZ Dock
Modular is the order of the day, and floating docks are the easy way.
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Wheelbarrow Tips
Avoid heavy lifting through strategy.
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Whirlpool Dreams
Americans are saying, ?I?d like a whirlpool tub in my new bath.?
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Who Wants to Fix a Wobbly Chair?
Often the wood dowel or tendon in old furniture dries out. The result is loose joints and wobbly furniture. You can remedy this condition with glue.
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Who Wants to Fix a Wobbly Chair?
Often the wood dowel or tendon in old furniture dries out. The result is loose joints and wobbly furniture. You can remedy this condition with glue.
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Wood And Wood-Not
There are big changes afoot in the lumber industry and for home-building, that's good!
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Woodworking Lingo
Trim terminology for the decorative wood that goes around windows and doors.
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Wrecked Screw Threads?
Sawed a bolt... and the nut won't go back on? Restore wrecked threads super-quick!
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