How to work with wood inside and outside the home. In this category we will be looking into bush carpentry and indoor and outdoor carpentry. Learn new hints and tips with these easy to follow guides.
Stain, unlike paint, soaks into the wood to give it its color. There are several types. Here’s how to know which to use.
Update the look of your home by using one of the easiest and most affordable ways imaginable. Whatever your home’s decor, there’s a door out there that will complement it,…
Loft windows, skylights and dormers are all openings in a roof that allow more light inside under the rafters. Dormers usually have vertical windows while loft windows and skylights follow…
Attaching a hinge to an interior door is easy with this Letsfixit guide and the process can be applied to anything requiring a hinge. Whether the door you are installing is…
Birds usually prefer to eat seed off the ground rather than perching on the rungs of a tube-feeder. Sparrows and cardinals are examples of birds who fall into this category.…
Chipboard is more commonly called OSB, or oriented stranded board. Chunks of wood are laminated together and formed into sheets to make this building material. It is commonly used for…
Plywood tearing or “blowout” is when the saw blade causes damage to the underside of the plywood as you are cutting it. Wood fibers are torn off when the blade…
Carefully check your window frame to have an accurate assessment of the damage. For a window frame with more than 10 percent of damage, it is best to replace the…
A homeowner/handyman should have his own workbench, but it may be difficult to find one exactly like the one desired. The answer to this is to draw a sketch of…
A few years ago my wife had tasked me with finishing our basement. One of my first questions was how to attach wood to concrete block walls. With out this…