Renovation Videos

Fix it, build it, learn it.

Explore the library

Follow a job, a problem, a room, a system or a tool.

Counts show videos in each topic.

A new wood-frame house going up, with green sheathing, roof trusses and a lift on site
Photo: Famartin / CC BY-SA 4.0

Type of work

What kind of work the video covers: a repair, a build, a renovation, routine maintenance or an upgrade.

A remodelled U-shaped kitchen with grey cabinets, a stone countertop and a tiled floor
Photo: Stilfehler / CC BY-SA 4.0

Room

Every job in one room, from the kitchen and bathroom to the basement, garage, workshop and deck.

Patched plaster walls in an empty room, with a worker kneeling at the far wall
Photo: Rob Holm, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain

Job

The task in front of you, worded the way you would search for it: fix a running toilet, patch a hole in drywall.

Water dripping from a chrome bathroom faucet into the sink
Photo: Angelsharum / CC BY-SA 3.0

Problem

Start from the symptom: a toilet that keeps running, a breaker that keeps tripping, a door that will not latch.

Water pipes, valves and a pressure tank along a basement ceiling
Photo: Tjmhay / Public domain

System

The part of the house the work touches: plumbing, electrical, drywall, framing, heating and cooling, and more.

The bubble vial of an aluminium spirit level
Photo: Santeri Viinamäki / CC BY-SA 4.0

Skill level

From beginner jobs you can finish in an afternoon to work that belongs to a licensed pro.

Screwdrivers and a pair of pliers hanging on a black pegboard
Photo: Brian Kay / CC BY 3.0

Tools

Videos that show a tool in use, from a stud finder and a voltage tester to a miter saw.