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How To: Water your home foundation to prevent structure cracks
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a few easy ways, like foundation watering, to keep the base of your house from getting structural cracks.
How To: Replace asphalt roofing shingles on your home
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates just how easy it can be to replace a broken roof shingle on your house.
How To: Paint and seal your drywall
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, tells you how to paint and seal your new drywall in your home with some great products and techniques.
How To: Repair your home wood siding with paint
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, shows a few easy tips for painting wood siding for your house.
How To: Attach wood to a concrete floor in your house
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a really simple way to nail wood to a concrete floor in your home with a simple rotor hammer drill.
How To: Install a storm door
Check out this video to learn how to install a storm door. You'll have to do more than put three screws in. Install a storm door.
How To: Surround your fireplace with natural stone products
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, shows a great way to fill in the space between a mantle and firebox using natural stone products that will make your fireplace in your house looking great!
How To: Refinish your mantle
Check out this video to learn how to refinish your mantle, even if you're an artist. Refinish your mantle.
How To: Install ceramic tile onto a wood floor of your home
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates tips you should know before installing ceramic tile over plywood or OSB. Following these tips will make your looking sharp and beautiful, and practical.
How To: Drill holes in your home foundation to prevent cracks
Expansive Soil and Foundation Cracks. Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to drill holes in clay soil and fill them with a special gravel to prevent foundation cracks.
How To: Install glass blocks in your home
You can install glass block yourself with these simple tips from Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter. You can make glass block windows, showers, walls, and much more once you learn the basics of glass block installation.
How To: Spackle with an inside corner tool
Spackle with an inside corner tool. Just fill the joint and then use the tool. Work your way down. Spackle with an inside corner tool.
How To: Recognize and use a countersink screw
Do you have a hard time differentiating between screws? Check out this video to learn more. Recognize and use a countersink screw.
How To: Remove tree stumps on your property
Ask the Builder host Tim Carter demonstrates one method for removing tree stumps from your yard or property. This method is especially effective if you have many stumps to remove in a short amount of time.
How To: Mix your drywall joint compound
Ask the Builder host Tim Carter demonstrates how to mix drywall joint compound. From getting the right consistency to time saving mixing techniques, discover some secrets about how to prepare joint compound for your home projects.
How To: Cut a circle in ceramic tile
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a simple way to cut a circle out of the center of a piece of ceramic tile, for use with some plumbing pipe.
How To: Install a chandelier
Hang your chandelier. It is pretty simple--you don't need a lot of equipment. Install a chandelier.
How To: Mount a garage door opener
Check out this video to learn how to install a garage door opener. Take advice from the guy with the cool accent. Mount a garage door opener.
How To: Install a motion sensor light switch
Check out this video to learn how to install a motion sensor light switch. It will save energy and cut down on costs. Install a motion sensor light switch.
How To: Cut cement backer board with professional results
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a simple way to cut cement backer board using an inexpensive carbide-tipped tool, much like cutting drywall. This is a great home repair project tip for your house.
How To: Make a tar and chip driveway surface
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, shows a different kind of driveway than most people in the Tri-state have on their home property -- one made of tar and chips.
How To: Use drywall joint compounds in your home repairs
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates an easy way to get smooth corners with a joint compound in your drywall remodel work in your house. Home repair has never been easier.
How To: Use cut nails to drive through wood and concrete
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to drive a cut nail through a 2x4 piece of wood, and into a concrete wall. This will help save you time and money in your house repair projects.
How To: Repair a subfloor in your home
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates a very simple way to repair a hard to reach subfloor by squaring up the opening. Watch and learn how to keep your house looking sharp.
How To: Cut ceramic tile for your home projects
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, introduces many ways to cut ceramic tiles for any project in your house.
How To: Use a builders level in your home projects
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how easy it can be to make a level line across an entire room in your house.
How To: Properly adjust the door hinges in your home
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates the importance of properly adjusted door hinges in your home.
How To: Construct scaffolding at your own house
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to easily erect scaffolding at your own home, for whatever repair project you may need it for.
How To: Install a three-way lighting switch in your home
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to wire up a 3-way switch in your house, into an electrical circuit, for your lighting needs.
How To: Get fresh air in your home with a air supply vent
Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to get fresh air into your home. Furnaces, gas water heaters, exhaust fans, et cetera, push air from houses, and it must be replaced.
How To: Drill holes in wood studs for PVC pipe fittings
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, demonstrates how to drill holes for PVC plumbing pipe fittings so that you don't waste valuable time in your home enlarging a mis-drilled hole.
How To: Use a pressure washer to clean asphalt roof shingles
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, walks you through how to use a pressure washer to clean moss, lichen, and algae off your roof without damaging the shingles of your home.
How To: Use a right angle drill to make a hole for your PVC
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, demonstrates why a right angle saw is a much better tool than a hold saw, in particular situations. Your plumbing PVC pipe will fit nice and snug, and this tip will save you time and money.
How To: Install a drain and vent pipe with this plumbing tip
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, shares a quick lesson to help you out of a tough spot when working with plumbing vent pipe. If you're installing a sink, and need to follow the codes, then just work around it with this trick.
How To: Install a four-way lighting switch in your home
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, demonstrates how to wire up a 4-way switch, and where to place a 4-way switch in an electrical circuit in your home.
How To: Keep roof shingles free of moss, algae, and mildew
Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, shares an easy way to keep your homes roof shingles free from moss, algae, and mildew. With the natural wonders of copper, you'll never have to clean green scum off of your houses roof.
How To: Use gutter protection on the eave of your roof
Gutter protection comes in many different forms for your home, and to find the best gutter guard, Ask the Builder host, Tim Carter, prepares to test several different models on his house.
How To: Remove algae stains from roof shingles
Tim Carter demonstrates the right way to eliminate many roof stains, such as black roof stains and algae roof stains. Watch video for best results.
How To: Cut crown molding with This Old House
Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to cut crown molding. Steps:
How To: Make a wooden planter
Learn some basic carpentry skills to construct your own wooden planter for the garden and create new DIY flower pots and outdoor decor using recycled materials.