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  1. Framing a 4×8 Lean-To Shed Against an Existing Shed: Walls to Doors

    Published: 31 Jul 2025

    A 4 ft x 8 ft lean-to shed is framed against an existing shed.

    View project: DIY Lean-To Shed
  2. Fireplace Built-ins From Unfinished Wall Cabinets and Beadboard

    Published: 29 Jul 2025

    Part 2 of a fireplace project shows how built-ins with storage were added beside a fireplace.

    View project: Fireplace with Built-ins
  3. Tiling a Bathroom Floor on Concrete with DMX Membrane and Grout

    Published: 26 Jul 2025

    Jeff of Home RenoVision DIY tiles a basement bathroom floor on concrete from prep to grout.

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  4. Building a Leak-Resistant Shower With a Custom Pan and Kerdi

    Published: 12 Jul 2025

    A step-by-step build of a shower base and waterproofed walls using a custom Redi Your Way shower pan and Schluter Kerdi-Board with Kerdi-Fix and Kerdi-Band.

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  5. Simple Baseboard Installation: Butt Joints, Miters and Stud Layout

    Published: 6 Jun 2025

    A carpenter shows a simplified method for installing paint-grade MDF baseboard: butt joints, 44 and 46 degree miters, bulk cutting, and finding studs by screw pops or 16 in. layout.

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  6. Bathroom Remodel Under $2,500: Mortar Bed, PEX and a Tub Fiasco

    Published: 9 Feb 2025

    A full bathroom remodel on a stated budget under $2,500, with the cost given as $2,433.69 in the title and $2,443 in the closing tally.

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  7. IKEA PAX and BESTA Built-In Wardrobe in an 11 by 12 ft Bedroom

    Published: 10 Jan 2025

    A homeowner builds a wall-to-wall wardrobe in an 11 by 12 ft guest bedroom office using two IKEA PAX wardrobes and three BESTA units around a sleeper sofa.

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  8. Mississauga Kitchen Remodel: Rewiring, Self-Built Maple Cabinets

    Published: 30 Dec 2024

    A Mississauga homeowner and retired electrician converts a 1970s semi-detached house's old living space into a new kitchen.

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  9. Building a Media Wall Around a Fireplace With Oak Floating Shelves

    Published: 6 Nov 2024

    A carpenter builds a media wall in a finished living room.

  10. Installing 6 in Gutters and Downspouts in Sections on a Metal Roof

    Published: 27 Oct 2024

    A DIY walkthrough of installing 6 in gutters in pieces on a 62 ft metal-roofed house, including chalking a slope line, cutting the outlet hole, sealing and riveting end caps and overlap joints,…

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  11. Installing Click-Lock Vinyl Plank Floors in a Double Wide

    Published: 15 Jun 2024

    A host installs click-lock vinyl plank flooring with a stone polymer core throughout his double wide trailer, about 1,350 square feet with no transitions.

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  12. Building Laundry Room Cabinets Around a Soffit and Washer-Dryer

    Published: 25 May 2024

    Final installment of a laundry room makeover in which upper cabinets are built: open shelving and doors under a soffit, plus three cabinets above the washer and dryer.

  13. Floating Deck Build: Footings, Framing and Composite Decking

    Published: 28 Apr 2024

    A floating deck is built at the front of an abandoned house as part of its curb-appeal work.

    View project: Abandoned House Transformation
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  14. Replacing a Stair Railing with Box Newels and Half Newels

    Published: 2 Apr 2024

    Part 1 of a two-part stair railing remodel replaces an outdated white oak railing with a Stair Supplies system.

    View project: Modern Stair Railing Remodel
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  15. Hexagon Mosaic Backsplash: Prep, Tile, Grout and Seal Steps

    Published: 27 Mar 2024

    A kitchen backsplash installation using sheets of hexagon mosaic tile, covering drywall prep, layout, cutting around outlets and edges, setting tile in white thinset, trim, grouting, haze removal,…

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  16. Laundry Room Renovation: Built-In Cabinets and Butcher Block

    Published: 9 Mar 2024

    A dark, sparsely furnished laundry room is gutted, patched with mesh tape and joint compound, painted white, and fitted with four base cabinets on the right wall, an open-shelf cabinet beside the…

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  17. IKEA HAVSTA and BILLY Built-ins Around an Amantii Electric Fireplace

    Published: 10 Feb 2024

    Chris of HandyDadTV helps a friend, Joe, build a permanent built-in around an Amantii TRD-33 electric fireplace in a living room, using two IKEA HAVSTA cabinets and two BILLY bookcases.

  18. Building an 8×12 Ground-Level Deck on CAMO Blocks with Trex

    Published: 6 Jan 2024

    A ground-level 8 by 12 ft deck is built on CAMO blocks with pressure-treated 2x8 joists and Trex composite boards.

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  19. Turning a Hallway Closet into Drawers and Shelves with Cedar Trim

    Published: 2 Dec 2023

    A hallway closet with hard-to-open, loud double doors is emptied, stripped of its doors, shelves and trim, and filled with custom built-ins.

  20. Floating Shed Foundation With Camo Blocks and a 2×8 Deck Frame

    Published: 18 Nov 2023

    A floating shed foundation is built from Camo blocks set on compacted limestone screenings, with a double 2x8 pressure-treated frame, joists at 16 inches on center and a half-inch pressure-treated…

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  21. 12×12 Paver Patio on Interlocking Base Panels, Step by Step

    Published: 30 Apr 2023

    A landscape designer walks a homeowner through installing a 12 by 12 paver patio with 10 by 12 inch hexagonal pavers.

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  22. Replacing a Receptacle Safely: Testers, Wiring and Mounting

    Published: 2 Jan 2023

    An electrician demonstrates how to replace a receptacle, starting with three testers: a plug tester, a non-contact voltage tester and a multimeter-style electrical tester.

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  23. Framing Basement Walls: Stud Length, Plates and Anchoring

    Published: 22 Dec 2022

    Part 2 of a basement finishing series shows how the creator framed his basement walls with a pressure-treated bottom plate, a top plate and studs 16 in. on center.

    View project: How to Finish a Basement
  24. Basement Stair Remodel Over Carpet Stairs With Pine Plywood Treads

    Published: 11 Nov 2022

    A homeowner turns a carpet-stripped basement staircase into a finished one by laying 1/4 in. pine plywood treads over the existing treads, adding routed pine bullnose nosing, then staining and…

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