Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 12 Feb 2022
A woodworking shop owner shows how he set up a dust collection system around a two-horsepower Central Machinery collector.
Published: 14 Sep 2021
A woodworker walks through his overhead dust collection system that runs a whole shop from one 2 hp, 220V collector.
Published: 19 Aug 2021
A carpenter installs 1x4 primed pine baseboard in a rental room, using mitered inside corners.
Published: 1 Aug 2021
A kitchen backsplash is replaced with white subway tile in a brick pattern.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Episode 4 of a shed-to-workshop conversion covers the exterior finishing.
Published: 22 Mar 2021
Mr. Build It cleans, degreases and pressure washes the concrete floor of a two-car garage in a new house, then rolls on a two-part epoxy and scatters flakes.
Published: 17 Mar 2021
In episode three of a shed-to-workshop conversion, the creator replaces a failing asphalt roll roof with 29 gauge corrugated galvanized steel panels.
Published: 26 Feb 2021
Episode 2 of a shed-to-workshop conversion covers priming and painting the plywood interior with a Wagner Control Pro 150 airless sprayer, then applying a Rust-Oleum garage concrete epoxy kit with…
Published: 23 Feb 2021
Mike Montgomery starts converting an old barn-style shed on his Joshua Tree property into a woodworking workshop.
Published: 21 Feb 2021
A DIYer fits a cyclone separator kit to a 30 litre open top barrel in a couple of hours, so MDF dust collects in the barrel instead of the shop vacuum.
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: 25 Jul 2020
A new-property owner troubleshoots a garbage disposal that does not spin, starting with checking outlet power, then the built-in reset breaker, then turning the motor with an allen wrench.
Published: 20 Jul 2020
Chris Marshall shows how he plumbed three benchtop sanders (disc, belt and spindle) to a 4 in. dust collector using a 4 in. to 2-1/2 in. StableGate blast gate, smooth 2-1/2 in. clear pipe, rubber…
Published: 8 May 2020
The creator turns unfinished basement stairs into finished ones for under $200 over 3 days.
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: 3 Feb 2020
Richard Trethewey replaces a 1962-era two-wire thermostat with a smart thermostat without running new wires.
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: 27 Jan 2020
Master electrician Heath Eastman helps a homeowner whose new ceiling light carries a warning for houses built before 1985.
Published: 17 Jan 2020
A contractor shows how his crew coats a roughly 750 square foot garage floor with a tinted 100% solids epoxy.
Published: 22 Jul 2019
Plumber Roger Wakefield removes an old dishwasher and installs a new stainless steel one in his own kitchen.
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: 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: 12 Nov 2018
Richard Trethewey helps a Seattle homeowner whose shower loses hot water when the kitchen hot tap or dishwasher is used.
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