In this issue, a report about the Capital Home and Garden show, hassle-free kitchen and bath remodeling, a great water nozzle, great cravings on a pencil, become a handyman classes and my new 500-second phone consultation.
What is efflorescence and how can you get ride of it? Efflorescence of concrete is the white salt deposits that appears on your concrete, bricks or other masonry surfaces.
Tim Carter describes efflorescence, what causes it and how to remove it.
In this newsletter, I'm heading to the Capital Home and Garden Show, deck sealers failed, win a Dodge truck from Bosch Power Tools, impact drivers have changed driving screws, and an architect requests and gets an apology.
Wood shims are used when installing a door for several reasons. The door shims allow minimal or no structural stress or pressure applied to doors or windows at any point. This allows the doors or windows to operate freely.
In this newsletter alert, last call for the reduced price on the Repair Wood Rot video series and the link to the new Stain Solver sample size.
In this newsletter, snow blower envy, don't do plumbing repairs on Sunday, a new Stain Solver Oxygen Bleach size, wood rot repairs, helping AsktheBuilder.com grow, an unique use for a Black & Decker Screwdriver, books I am reading on my Kindle Fire, meet up in DC at the Capital Home & Garden and a live AsktheBuilder TV show.
Leaks around front doors can be from any number of potential defects. Among them, the installer might not have included a weather membrane under the door threshold.
Serious wood rot can be repaired without removing the wood in some cases. Revitalizing rotted wood with chemical products that soak into the dry wood fibers is possible.
Tim Carter introduces a new tool for cutting control joints in concrete.
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