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How To: Paint concrete and stucco with masonry paint
Want to spice up that concrete or stucco? You can make your home improvement project even better with masonry paint. In this how to video, Dean and Derek add a splash of color to a project using masonry paint.
How To: Build a concrete shower base
Thinking about renovating your bathroom? It's a lot easier than you might think to remodel your bathroom. Find out how to build your own water-tight concrete base for a shower with this tutorial from the DIY network. Watch this how to video and you can build the concrete base to the shower in your bathroom in no time.
How To: Install a laundry chute
A laundry chute is a very useful thing to have in your house, especially if you have children. In this tutorial by the DIY network, host Amy Matthews designs and installs a laundry chute. Watch this remodeling how to video and you can install a laundry chute into your own home.
How To: Install tile on a shower floor
Thinking about renovating your bathroom? It's a lot easier than you might think to remodel your bathroom. See how to install mosaic glass tiles on your concrete shower floor with this tutorial. Watch this how to video and you can tile the shower in your bathroom in no time.
How To: Install a transom window
A transom window is a traditionally fixed window over a door or an operating sash window. In this how to video, the experts form the DIY network prep and install a transom window in this historic home. Watch this tutorial and you can be installing a transom window into your own home.
How To: Make a decorative wooden bucket
This tutorial teaches you how to make a decorative wooden bucket. This project is suitable for a use as a planter or inside a wishing well. You will need a piece of plywood, a couple of strips of wood, a piece of rod for the handle, two copper straps, nails, and staples. Watch this step by step how to video and make a decorative wooden bucket for your garden.
How To: Measure for a multi-flue chimney cap
A chimney cap is absolutely a must, but measuring for a multi-flue chimney cap can seem a little tricky. This how to video takes the confusion out of measuring your chimney. Watch this home improvement tutorial and you will be installing a multi-flue chimney cap in no time.
How To: Measure your fireplace for doors
Learn how to measure your fireplace for replacement fireplace doors with this home improvement tutorial. This how to video shows you how to measure specifically for stock sized fireplace doors. You need to measure the top and bottom width and the length for the left and right. Watch this video and you can start remodeling your fireplace in no time.
How To: Install a rain diverter on your home's eave
Need to divert a little rain water fall from falling off of your roof? Let home improvement expert Danny Lipford show you how to install a rain diverter on your home's eave.
How To: Make door mat boot scrapers on your exterior stairs
Check out this door mat boot scraper from Home improvement expert Danny Lipford. Just watch the video tutorial to see how to make door mat boot scrapers on your exterior stairs.
How To: Cut drywall around electrical outlets
Home improvement expert Danny Lipford teaches how to cut drywall around outlets Just watch the video tutorial to see how to cut drywall around electrical outlets.
How To: Install additional shelving in an office closet
Home improvement expert Danny Lipford talks about additional closet shelving. See this video tutorial to see how to install additional shelving in an office closet.
How To: Install commercial grade carpet in your home
Home improvement expert Danny Lipford discusses installing commercial grade carpet. Watch this video tutorial to see how to install commercial grade carpet in your home.
How To: Add vinyl siding to your home
Danny Lipford improves the look of this home with vinyl siding. See how to add vinyl siding to your home in this video tutorial.
How To: Install a recycling chute in your kitchen
Finding room in the kitchen to store the various bins needed for recycling can take up a lot of valuable cabinet space. Here Danny comes up with an innovative solution to the problem by installing chutes made from standard 4” dryer vent pipe that send cans and plastic bottles to bins located on a lower floor of the home.
How To: Extend your dryer vent with an extension booster fan
When dryer lint builds up in the dryer vent pipe, it can drastically slow down the time it takes to dry clothes. Danny demonstrates how a dryer vent booster fan can help solve the problem.
How To: Install a flagpole on the front of a house
This how to video demonstrates how to install a flagpole in front of your home. Installing a flagpole is very simple to do and it makes a great upgrade to any house. Watch and learn how its done.
How To: Choose the right kind of wall anchor to hang on walls
Ever hung up a painting, only for it to come crashing right down? This video home improvement tutorial shows how to choose the right kind of wall anchor to hang anything, from a mirror to small shelves, up onto the wall.
How To: Demolition a wall with a chipping hammer
There are a couple of ways of bring down existing masonry, stone or brick. This construction how to video shows you the proper operation and use of the chipping hammer for breaking up stone. Get all the tips and tricks for using a chipping hammer to help remodel your home.
How To: Strip paint with a pressure washer
Manually stripping paint with a scraper is an intense, time-consuming project. But it doesn’t have to be if you use a pressure washer. A heavy-duty project like this requires a pressure washer with a rating of at least 2500 PSI. This Home & Gaden How-to video will show you how to use a pressure washer to strip paint off any soft surface. Strip paint with a pressure washer.
How To: Build a terraced retaining wall
Terrace walls are an attractive option for steep grades. This video tutorial shows you how to build a terraced retaining wall system. This how-to video is a must-watch for everyone in the construction business.
How To: Add caps to a retaining wall
This video tutorial shows you how to add a cap to a retaining wall system. Always start capping from the lowest elevation of the retaining wall. This how-to video is a must-watch for everyone in the construction business.
How To: Build a retaining wall with an outside radius curve
This video tutorial shows you how build a retaining wall system with an outside radius curve. This how-to video is a must-watch for everyone in the building and construction business.
How To: Build a retaining wall with an outside 90 degree wall
This video tutorial shows you how to build a retaining wall system with an outside 90 degree wall. This how-to video is a must-watch for everyone in the building and construction business.
How To: Keep a running bond in a constructed retaining wall
This video tutorial shows you how to keep a running bond in a retaining wall system. This video is a must-watch for everyone in the building and construction business.
How To: Install steps in a retaining wall
This video tutorial shows you how to add steps to a retaining wall system. This video is a must-watch for everyone in the construction business.
How To: Build a retaining wall with an inside 90 degree wall
This video tutorial shows you how to build a retaining wall system with another wall inside it at a 90 degree angle. This video is a must-watch for eveyone in the construction business.
How To: Build a retaining wall with a fence application
This video tutorial shows you how to build a retaining wall system with a fence application. This video is a must-watch for everyone in the construction business.
How To: Build a retaining wall with a guard rail
This video tutorial shows you how to build a retaining wall system with a guard rail application. This video is a must-watch for everyone in the construction business.
How To: Build an anchor-retaining wall system
Are you interested in learning how to construct an anchor wall? Watch this video tutorial to learn how to build an Anchor Retaining Wall System. This a must-watch for everyone in the construction business.
How To: Measure your fireplace
Is your fireplace in need of a repair? Watch this instructional video on how to properly measure your fireplace to ensure that you order the right amount of materials for this do-it-yourself home improvement project.
How To: Cope with a grinder
Are you currently contructing a house or doing some repairs? Watch this video to learn how to use a grinder with an abrasive pad to cope moldings.
How To: Make a coping mold
Are you currently constructing a house or doing some repairs? Watch this video tutorial for a demonstration on coping molding.
How To: Recycle a plastic CD spindle into various uses
What can you make from an empty CD holder? Check out this how-to video to make something amazing from those old plastic crappers... see how to recycle a plastic CD spindle into various uses. With this disc box, you can make a flashlight or torch, a food container, a string, yarn, or wire holder, and a tissue box.
How To: Join plaster battens
Before attempting to build a house on your own, watch professional tradesmen and experts do it first. Watch this video tutorial which demonstrates how to join plaster battens.
How To: Mark fascia cuts on roof trusses
After you have installed the roof trusses, you need to trim the overhangs to prepare for timber fascia boards. Watch this video tutorial for a demonstration on how to mark out truss overhangs for cutting in preparation for fascia.
How To: Nail wall plates into concrete
After the wall frames are standing in position, the bottom wall plate needs to be nailed down into position. Hand concrete nails can be used if the concrete slab is fairly new (less than two weeks old). An explosive nail gun is another option. Watch this video tutorial for a demonstration on how to nail wall plates into concrete.
How To: Hang a door
Changing your doors can instantly improve the look of your home, and yes, it is a job you can do yourself. It just takes a couple of hours, a lot of patience and this step by step video tutorial. Stop hanging around, watch this video on how to hang a door and get to it.
How To: Repair holes in plasterboard walls
Plaster walls, although popular homebuilding materials, are notoriously easy to damage. Door handles, elbows and moving furniture are all great at putting holes in plasterboard walls, holes which, thankfully, only take an hour or so to patch up. Stumped as to how to do it? Watch this video tutorial to learn how to repair these holes on your wall.
How To: Replace a damaged radiator valve
Brrr, feeling a bit frosty? If your radiators aren't working properly it is possible that you have a damaged radiator valve. If this is the case, you will need to replace it. Not sure how to do it? Watch this video tutorial to learn how to replace a damaged radiator valve.