Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
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.
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: 17 Mar 2023
Clayton of The Weekend Builder builds closet shelving units from 3/4 in. MDF using grooves routed into the side pieces, glue and brad nails.
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: 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: 20 Mar 2022
A builder frames a fireplace and TV wall for his mom's birthday.
Published: 15 Jan 2022
Five tips for a sagging door that rubs on the jamb and won't close.
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…
Published: 19 Aug 2021
A carpenter installs 1x4 primed pine baseboard in a rental room, using mitered inside corners.
Published: 4 Jun 2021
Three methods for a sagging door that rubs at the top of the jamb or won't close: tightening hinge screws with toothpicks, swapping a hinge screw for a longer one into the framing, and bending the…
Published: 7 May 2021
Shows how to build a DIY walk-in closet from 3/4 in. MDF shelves with MDF strip supports instead of brackets.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Episode 4 of a shed-to-workshop conversion covers the exterior finishing.
Published: 23 Feb 2021
Mike Montgomery starts converting an old barn-style shed on his Joshua Tree property into a woodworking workshop.
Published: 8 Dec 2020
The creator builds shiplap built-in side cabinets and floating stained shelves on both sides of a fireplace she had previously built.
Published: 7 Aug 2020
Shows how to lay out 1/2 in. iron baluster locations on an open-tread staircase with white oak treads.
Published: 8 May 2020
The creator turns unfinished basement stairs into finished ones for under $200 over 3 days.
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: 21 Mar 2020
Three fixes for an interior door that won't latch because the latch and latch plate are misaligned.
Published: 27 Feb 2020
Mr. Build It builds plywood built-in shelves for the area under a staircase, using 3/4 inch maple plywood, mitered face frames and wood glue.
Published: 13 Jul 2019
A contractor builds a 14 ft by 14 ft floating deck about 12 inches above the ground around a tree.
Published: 5 May 2019
Tom Silva of Ask This Old House shows a homeowner how to replace loose, cracked, noisy split-level stair treads with new red oak.
Published: 28 Mar 2019
A bathroom door that will not latch is fixed three ways, from easiest to most involved: tapping down the strike plate lip, filing the strike plate, or repositioning the whole plate lower.
Published: 2 Nov 2018
A single-level deck with railing and one set of stairs is designed in Lowe's online Deck Designer, then built from layout and footings through posts, beams, joists, decking, railings and stairs.
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