Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 3 Feb 2020
Richard Trethewey replaces a 1962-era two-wire thermostat with a smart thermostat without running new wires.
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: 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: 11 Mar 2019
A woodworker builds a vertical dust collection cart from 3/4 in. Baltic birch plywood to hold a shop vac with an Oneida Dust Deputy cyclone and bucket on top.
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.
Published: 13 Nov 2017
Tom Silva of Ask This Old House shows ways to locate studs: tapping by sound and feel, checking trim for nail holes and drilling, and using an outlet box.
Published: 22 Feb 2016
Tom Silva of This Old House shows a homeowner how to install a 24 gauge aluminum gutter on a low roof edge, then add a downspout with elbows and a rain barrel with a diverter.
Published: 14 Nov 2014
This Old House electrical contractor John Barros swaps a ceiling light fixture for a ceiling fan.
Published: 4 Nov 2014
Tom Silva shows how to prepare bare concrete basement walls for wallboard.
Published: 22 Apr 2011
A Menards Around The House episode with Scott Feroni of Colonial Elegance shows how to install a stair railing.
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