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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

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to install a rain diverter.Steps: 1. Sand underside of flashing with 80-grit sandpaper to help paint adhere; wipe surface clean.2. Spray-paint bottom ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to get rid of termites. Steps: 1. Use sprayer to apply insecticide around outside of building; spray onto wood surfaces 24 inches up from foundation.2 ...

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Jun 10, 2008

What, you need to cut some styrophor or some steel? Well, you're in luck. This will show you how to make a cutting torch to do just that. ...

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Jun 10, 2008

This is a quick demo of how to make a cardboard chair. ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to fix a bathtub drain stopper. Steps: 1. Remove the two screws holding the trip lever plate to the tub wall. Put screws in safe place, so they don't ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to choose a leaf proof gutter. Steps: 1 Slide putty knife under roof shingles that are stuck down.2 Insert gutter protector underneath the shingles, m ...

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Jun 10, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn different brick patterns. Steps: 1 A running-bond pattern is easy to install and requires cutting bricks only at beginning of walkway and at end; the seam ...

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Jun 9, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to lay a flagstone walkway.Steps: 1 Use a garden hose to lay out the shape and location of the 3-foot-wide walkway.2 Cut through the sod and roots alo ...

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Jun 9, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to patch drywall. Steps: 1. For tiny holes and popped nails, use 4-inch drywall knife to apply two or three thin coats of joint compound.2. Allow each ...

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Jun 9, 2008

Watch this video from This Old House to learn how to repair a plaster ceiling.Steps: 1. Screw plaster washers to ceiling along and around cracked area; be sure to drive screws into wood lath above.2. ...