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Home & Garden

Looking to live a green, environmentally responsible lifestyle? Renovate your home, design your garden or DIY repairs around the house? Look no further.

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Jun 10, 2008

This video gives great tips for growing vegetables at home. ...

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Jun 10, 2008

This video gives tips on how to take care of your delicate plants like rhododendrons and azaleas. ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Learn how to handle your terracotta garden pots and keep them from drying out. ...

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Jun 10, 2008

In this video, This Old House General Contractor Tom Silva demonstrates how to repair a basement wall leak around a drainpipe. Steps: 1 Spread drop cloth on floor in work area.2 Use sledgehammer and c ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a sump pump.Steps: 1 Set sump basin upside down on basement floor; mark its outline on floor.2 Use demolition hammer to chop through concre ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to build a stained-glass bar cabinet. Steps: 1. Cut the cabinet's 1x preprimed pine sides to the length of the glass door. The ends and shelves should ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install kitchen cabinets. Steps: 1 Mark cabinet layout lines onto the wall.2 Locate wall studs using hammer and finishing nail.3 Mark stud location ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to fix a squeaky carpet. Steps: 1 Use a hammer to locate a floor joist within the squeaky section of floor.2 Tap the carpeted floor with the hammer an ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how put drywall on a ceiling. Steps: 1 Use a drywall T-square to draw lines onto drywall sheet 16 in. on center; these lines correspond to the 1x3 strappi ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to put in a ceiling fan.Steps: 1 Turn off the electricity to the ceiling light at the main panel.2 Remove existing ceiling light fixture and fixture s ...