Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
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: 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: 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: 29 Oct 2022
Master electrician Heath Eastman explains to Kevin O'Connor how ground fault circuit interrupters work, sensing a current difference as small as 5 milliamps.
Published: 23 Oct 2022
A master plumber from Eco Plumbers in Columbus, Ohio walks through testing a toilet for a leaking flapper with dye tablets, then replacing the flapper, the fill valve and the braided supply line.
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: 26 Jul 2022
Matt Risinger and home performance contractor Quincy Bishop of True R Value re-insulate a vented Texas attic in a 1980s house by removing the old insulation, air sealing leaks, and blowing in new…
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: 7 Jun 2022
Four approaches to a slow, sluggish toilet are shown: plunging, a closet auger, draining the bowl to find and fish out a clog with a mirror, flashlight and coat hanger, and clearing hard-water…
Published: 28 May 2022
Master plumber Brent Clifford of Eco Plumbers in Hilliard, Ohio, shows Ethan James of The Honest Carpenter how to fix a jammed garbage disposal.
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: 29 Apr 2022
A homeowner shows how to adjust a home's water pressure at the pressure reducing valve (PRV) while watching a gauge on an outside hose bib.
Published: 20 Mar 2022
A builder frames a fireplace and TV wall for his mom's birthday.
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: 31 Jan 2022
A plumber shows how to clear a clogged double kitchen sink with a garbage disposal.
Published: 19 Jan 2022
A professional concrete coatings contractor shows how two garage floors were done in two days: grind the concrete, patch cracks, roll a high solids epoxy primer, broadcast vinyl chips, then clean up…
Published: 15 Jan 2022
Five tips for a sagging door that rubs on the jamb and won't close.
A professional painter shows homeowners how to repaint a hallway without taping.
Published: 28 Nov 2021
Master electrician Heath Eastman shows Kevin O'Connor three testers: a contactless voltage tester, a simple contact tester that lights 24, 48, 120 and 240 volt levels, and a three-light receptacle…
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…
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