If there’s an afterlife, and if I somehow end up in hell – I’m certain I’ll be grouting for all eternity. Grouting, for me, combines the worst of all things: the time crunch, a horrific mess with risk of ruining all the tile work you spent hours (or days) doing just prior, and the nightmarish […]
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My DIY Powder Room Rehab
My DIY powder room rehab took time out of every weekend over the past 4+ months, and I think it came out great. (Far better than I expected, actually!) Imported beveled subway tile halfway up the walls, topped with a mitered glazed ceramic chair rail. A colorful, but not overwhelming, floor tile from Spain – […]
How to Repair a Leaky Basement Wall
2024 Update… My basement wall started leaking water into my office – right by my guitars. Fortunately, I spotted it quickly and it was a very slow leak. One that I could easily patch myself with hydraulic cement. But no matter how small the leak, it’s ‘a leak’ and it has to be dealt with […]
Replacing a Central AC & Heating (HVAC) System
2024 Update: My home’s HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) system died. It was 21 years old. Replacing your home’s central air conditioning and heating system requires a Local HVAC Professional, of course. Actually, it’s even more likely you’ll have a team of two at your home – and the project will span most of […]
How to Build a Wooden Rocking Lion
2023 Update – Originally Published October, 2018 Focusing today a little bit less on home construction and instead on “really cool things you can do with your workshop band saw,” I thought I’d share a project I did when my daughter was younger. I built her a wooden old-time-looking rocking lion, and it’s still with […]
Installing LED Wafer Lighting
So, I just discovered a new favorite project: installing wafer LED lighting – which I’ll convey mainly in pictures, below, as I continue with the construction of my new upstairs office… Now, this is a working space – and it’s not huge, but the dimensions for the lighting layout matter a lot. Since it’s not […]
Inspecting and Cleaning your HVAC Evaporator Coil
2023 Update: Periodic inspection and the occasional cleaning of your HVAC Evaporator Coil are critical home maintenance tasks to ensure optimal indoor air quality. No matter when you use your central A/C and heating system (for summer cooling and also winter heating), the air pushed through all the rooms of your house will flow through […]
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