Radiant barrier insulation saves money and lowers the cost of heating your home. This video demonstrates how to install radiant barrier, attic insulation foil chips, in your attic to reflect heat and cold and save energy.
Exterior door insulation is essential to keep out the elements. Tim Carter walks you through the steps to ensure that your exterior door is insulated properly. Your exterior door will be sealed tight if you follow Tim's insulation tips about fiberglass insulation, spray foam insulation and flashing tape.
Exterior door installation is a job you can tackle with these tips from Tim Carter. From flashing to putting in shims, Tim walks you through all the steps for installing exterior doors in your home.
Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates gutter guards and the challenges these products face once installed. Gutter cleaning can be a constant headache for a homeowner. What should you consider when purchasing a gutter guard or gutter cover?
Soldering copper pipe with ball valves is an easy way to shut off your water during a remodeling job. Tim Carter walks you through sweating ball valves and soldering copper pipe. By installing a ball valve now, you'll save yourself a lot of work and soldering later.
A wet dry shop vac is a common tool in most households. This video shows you some of the latest advancements in wet dry vacuum technology. There is the traditional wet dry shop-vac and the upscale model. They both can suck up water from a flood, pick up saw dust or to vacuum up the things you don't want inside your regular vacuum. The traditional shopvac has an on/off switch. The upscale model has up to four switches which include a self cleaning switch and a switch to hook up another piece of equipment.
A pegboard can help organize your tools and work area. There is a new, steel pegboard tool storage system available. It looks like the older style peg board, but uses these new fantastic pegboard hooks that interlock into vertical slots. When you put a tool on or take it off, the hooks do not come off.
A clogged drain is easy to fix with the right plumbing fittings. Tim Carter shares clogged drain tips that make clearing a clogged drain easy. Following Tim's clogged drain tips will prevent future clogged bathtub drains, clogged kitchen drains, clogged sink drains or any other clogged drains in your home.
Floor squeaks are a nuisance. Tim Carter demonstrates one technique for finding squeaks in floor and an easy way to eliminate floor squeaks. You'll no longer be bothered by floor squeaks and pops after putting these tips to use.
A circular saw is available in either corded or cordless models. Cordless circular saws are lighter and just as powerful. The circular saw blades are normally smaller, but can cut just like the corded circular saws. They both can be used for cutting wood, metal and a variety of other materials.
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