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Updated on July 18th, 2020
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Updated on July 11th, 2020
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Q&A of the Week: “How to Caulk a Bathtub?”
Updated on June 27th, 2020
UPDATED 26Jun2020 + video below: This Q&A of the Week comes from my dad, Wayne Maxwell He and my mom live in a...Continue Reading
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Updated on July 20th, 2020
Q: What can I do about sky-high summertime humidity in our house It's 35 years old and sits entirely on a...Continue Reading
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Updated on June 20th, 2020
UPDATED 19Jun2020: Every so often I get a homeowner asking me an asbestos siding question that goes something like this...Continue Reading
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Updated on June 13th, 2020
Toilets rarely die a quick death Most fade away slowly, gradually losing their ability to flush reliably, and this...Continue Reading
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Published onJune 6th, 2020
If you do anything at all creative with your hands, you need to understand an idea I call "the challenge of a thousand...Continue Reading
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Q&A OF THE WEEK: How Can I Get Rid of Stinky Drain ...
Updated on June 1st, 2020
Q: How can I get rid of the sulphur smell coming from our sink and bathtub drains We brought in a plumber to...Continue Reading
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Updated on July 9th, 2020
UPDATED: 22May2020: There are more ways to put a new roof on your house than ever before What you’ll find here is a...Continue Reading
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What’s The Best Way to Finish Wood?
Published onMay 19th, 2020
UPDATED 19May2020 + video: Sooner or later, most homeowners get the urge to finish or refinish interior wood It’s...Continue Reading