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Construction & Repair

Join our Construction & Repair World now to meet up with other homeowners on the Web. Learn how to lay the foundation for a house, install a dryer vent in an exterior wall, fix a busted door hinge, and more. And don't forget to share your own DIY home repair tips and tricks for cutting home construction and repair costs.
"How to Lay ceramic tile with drywall spackle" cover image
Apr 6, 2010

Tree Climbing Man demonstrates how to lay ceramic tile with drywall spackle. You don't need to rip up your existing floor and put down plywood or a sub floor to lay down a new floor. You can put ceram ...

"How to Pay your contractor" cover image
Apr 6, 2010

Ilyce Glink with ExpertRealEstateTips tells us about how often home owners ask her "How much should I pay a contractor before he or she starts the job?". The one who will be answering this question is ...

"How to Weather strip your house" cover image
Apr 6, 2010

The hosts, Robin Burke and David Musial, show how to install weather stripping to keep the heat in your home and the cold out. David demonstrates how to remove old, worn weather stripping. He shows th ...

"How to Repair a wash machine lid switch" cover image
Apr 6, 2010

This Home and Garden video tutorial shows how to repair a wash machine lid switch. This video is on a GE Prodigy machine. Looking inside the machine under the switch, she finds that two wires are brok ...

"How to Cut floor joists to length quickly and accurately" cover image
Apr 6, 2010

Fine Homebuilding with Jim Anderson demonstrates how to cut floor joists to length. Inspect the rim line to know where to set the joists. Set the joists to the layout on the rim line using a two man t ...

"How to Build storage shelves" cover image
Apr 5, 2010

Nine inch storage shelves are spaced and constructed in a practical way. It shows the right screws. This requires a drill some wood. The viewer is shown how to make a good back brace for the shelve ...

"How to Build a platform storage bed for under $200" cover image
Apr 4, 2010

Following are the steps to describe how-to build a platform storage bed at a low cost: 1. All you need are the following materials: (Say a bed size of 16. 5 inch)4 sheets of plywood, 3 (1x4x8) plywoo ...

"How to Build makeshift outdoor stairs" cover image
Apr 4, 2010

In this video, Andy Bell shows different ways of how to build temporary makeshift stairs for use during construction or remodeling projects. He will teach you how you can easily measure your own stri ...

"How to Sew a blind hem stitch to make Roman shades" cover image
Apr 4, 2010

This video demonstrates how to sew a blind hem stitch to make Roman shades. This stitch is very easy to do. You need a sewing machine that has a blind hem stitch already programmed in it and a blind h ...

"How to Find a leak in the roof of your house" cover image
Apr 3, 2010

You might notice a brown water stain on a wall in your house and the source of the stain may be a leak in your roof. So, it's good to go up into the attic and look around to see if you can find the so ...