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33 videos

  1. Building a Stone Veneer Fireplace Wall With a Walnut Beam Mantel

    Published: 20 Mar 2022

    A builder frames a fireplace and TV wall for his mom's birthday.

  2. Garage Floor Coating: Epoxy Primer, Chips and Polyaspartic Top Coat

    Published: 19 Jan 2022

    A professional concrete coatings contractor shows how two garage floors were done in two days: grind the concrete, patch cracks, roll a high solids epoxy primer, broadcast vinyl chips, then clean up…

  3. Basement Build: Foam Under the Slab, Link-Seal and Strapping

    Published: 24 Sep 2021

    Matt Risinger and builder Wade Paquin walk through three details for building a better basement: two inches of closed-cell spray foam under the slab and up the walls, Link-Seal gaskets to waterproof…

  4. Shop Dust Collection: Straight Ducts and a Switch-Operated Blast Gate

    Published: 17 Mar 2021

    Adam Savage replaces ribbed hoses on his shop dust collector with straight tubing, adds a longer run to the far end of the shop, and installs drop-down pickups, including a vacuum hose.

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  5. Rebuilding a Tiny Basement Shower on a Concrete Slab With Tile

    Published: 18 Jan 2021

    A 25-year-old phone-booth shower in a finished basement is torn out and rebuilt on a concrete slab with a Schluter pan system, a PEX-connected mixing valve, an overhead rain shower, and 12x24…

    View project: Basement Shower Makeover

  6. How to Layout Iron Baluster Spacing on Staircase – Wood Tread & Handrail Spindle Layout

    Published: 7 Aug 2020

    Shows how to lay out 1/2 in. iron baluster locations on an open-tread staircase with white oak treads.

  7. Guest Bathroom Remodel: Turning a Tub Into a Tiled Shower

    Published: 29 Jul 2020

    A homeowner recaps a full guest bathroom remodel, converting a tub to a shower.

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  8. Floating Deck Around a Tree: 14×14 Build on Concrete Deck Blocks

    Published: 13 Jul 2019

    A contractor builds a 14 ft by 14 ft floating deck about 12 inches above the ground around a tree.

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  9. Blown-In Attic Insulation: Prep, Air Sealing and Machine Use

    Published: 28 Mar 2018

    Lowe's shows how to add blown-in fiberglass loose fill insulation over an existing layer in an attic.

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