Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 9 Dec 2023
Amanda from Lowe's installs StainMaster waterproof vinyl plank flooring over a wood subfloor after removing carpet.
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: 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 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: 10 Dec 2022
Part 1 of a two-part laundry room build shows how to make cabinet boxes from pre-finished maple plywood, using dados, glue and pocket holes, plus a nook, clothes hanger and separate toe kicks.
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: 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.
Published: 19 Aug 2021
A carpenter installs 1x4 primed pine baseboard in a rental room, using mitered inside corners.
Published: 14 May 2021
Andrew Phillips shows how to insulate an attic ceiling or cathedral ceiling with batt insulation.
Published: 17 Mar 2021
Adam Savage replaces ribbed hoses on his shop dust collector with straight tubing, adds a longer run to the far end of the shop, and installs drop-down pickups, including a vacuum hose.
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: 13 Jul 2019
A contractor builds a 14 ft by 14 ft floating deck about 12 inches above the ground around a tree.
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: 28 Mar 2018
Lowe's shows how to add blown-in fiberglass loose fill insulation over an existing layer in an attic.
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: 4 Nov 2014
Tom Silva shows how to prepare bare concrete basement walls for wallboard.
Published: 30 Sep 2014
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva adds insulation to an attic that had only about two inches of settled rock wool.
Published: 5 Sep 2014
Shows how to measure for and install a laminate countertop in a kitchen.
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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