Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
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.
Published: 19 Oct 2024
A renovator removes an old toilet from a 1984 house, shows how to drain the tank and bowl, deals with a spinning closet bolt and a flange left below the new floor height, then sets a new toilet.
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.
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.
Published: 1 May 2024
A comparison of a store-bought closet organizer assembled in just over 3 hours against a custom plywood closet tower built from scratch for a deeper 38 in. closet.
Published: 14 Apr 2024
MWA Woodworks shares 12 workshop organization ideas: friction-fit plywood drawer dividers, deli containers for fasteners, sliding trays, a drill charging station, grab-and-go storage, a slide-out…
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,…
Published: 9 Dec 2023
Amanda from Lowe's installs StainMaster waterproof vinyl plank flooring over a wood subfloor after removing carpet.
Published: 19 Oct 2023
A whole-house luxury vinyl plank installation with no transitions, running over old hardwood, an LVP underlayment over plywood subfloor, and bathroom tile.
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.
Published: 12 Jan 2023
A Home Depot walkthrough for building built-in bookshelves.
Published: 21 Jun 2022
A kitchen backsplash is installed with 3x6 beveled white ceramic subway tile set in pre-mixed mastic, with costs listed for tile, adhesive, spacers, grout and a wet saw rental.
Published: 22 May 2022
Shows how to hang half-inch cement board on tub and shower walls, cut it with an oscillating tool, tape the joints with fiber mesh and thinset, and roll on Aqua Defense waterproofing.
Published: 15 Jan 2022
A professional painter shows homeowners how to repaint a hallway without taping.
Published: 17 Aug 2021
A step-by-step guide to replacing a standard two-way light switch in a box that also holds a three-way switch.
Published: 1 Aug 2021
A kitchen backsplash is replaced with white subway tile in a brick pattern.
Published: 14 May 2021
Andrew Phillips shows how to insulate an attic ceiling or cathedral ceiling with batt insulation.
Published: 23 Feb 2021
Mike Montgomery starts converting an old barn-style shed on his Joshua Tree property into a woodworking workshop.
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…
Published: 29 Jul 2020
A homeowner recaps a full guest bathroom remodel, converting a tub to a shower.
Published: 30 Apr 2020
Vancouver Carpenter shows how to fill large gaps with latex caulking by first installing foam backer rod set about 1/8 under the surface.
Published: 1 Feb 2020
The video shows how to tile a shower wall as part of a bathroom remodel: removing the old tile, replacing the backing with cement backer board, waterproofing it, and setting, grouting and sealing…
Published: 28 Jan 2020
A carpenter shows a beginner-friendly way to patch a hole in drywall, from scoring and snapping a new piece to screwing it to plywood backing, taping with fiberglass mesh, applying several coats of…
Published: 12 Jan 2020
A hole is made in a wall and then repaired start to finish.
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