Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
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: 15 Mar 2024
A couple builds a bedroom closet in a spare room so it can count as a fourth bedroom in a house being prepared for sale.
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…
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.
Published: 13 Jan 2024
Amanda from Lowe's shows how to cut and install crown molding.
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…
Published: 31 Oct 2023
A live show on planning a basement renovation, covering function, layout, permits and drawings, wiring, insulation, soundproofing and plumbing.
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: 12 Sep 2023
Jeff of Home RenoVision DIY covers how to plan a kitchen renovation in a live Q&A.
Published: 5 May 2023
A woodworker replaces her old dust collection with an Oneida 5 HP Dust Gorilla Pro in a new shop.
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: 21 Mar 2023
A couple insulated their attic with a rented AttiCat machine and expanding fiberglass blown-in insulation, and share seven lessons.
Published: 12 Jan 2023
A Home Depot walkthrough for building built-in bookshelves.
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.
Published: 19 Dec 2022
An electrician explains how to swap a 3-way switch without mixing up the wires.
Published: 5 Dec 2022
Electrician U's Dustin walks through NEC 210.8 to explain where GFCI protection is required in dwelling units.
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…
Published: 18 Sep 2022
A contractor shows how a 20 by 14 ft paver patio is laid with Techo-Bloc pavers on an open grade base.
Published: 15 Sep 2022
A furnace that lights its burners for two or three seconds and then shuts off is often failing at the flame detection step of the six-step startup sequence.
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: 19 Jun 2022
Shows how to tile the walls of a shower from start to finish: laying out a staggered pattern with 24 in. porcelain tiles, mixing thinset to a peanut-butter consistency, setting tile with a leveling…
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.
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