Hot Home & Garden How-Tos
How To: Learn about HVAC gauges
Check out this home repair tutorial video to learn about air conditioning gauges. This instructional video thoroughly explains the role of the various pieces and parts on a HVAC unit's gauges. Learn everything you needed to know about air conditioning gauges with this appliance video.
How To: Remove a Dyson dc01 vacuum cleaner filter
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to change the filters, prefilters and the happy filter on a Dyson DC01 vacuum cleaner. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to properly troubleshoot the Dyson vacuum's filters. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe repair of your Dyson vacuum cleaner's filters.
How To: Fix the lead on a Dyson vacuum cleaner
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to repair a lead on a Dyson vacuum cleaner. After a long period of time, the lead will get metal fatigue within it and the machine will work intermittently. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to properly troubleshoot the Dyson vacuum's switch unit. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe repair of yo...
How To: Change a Dyson dc01 vacuum hose
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to change a Dyson DC01 vacuum cleaner hose. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to properly troubleshoot the Dyson vacuum's lack of suction. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of your Dyson vacuum cleaner hose.
How To: Repair a Dyson vacuum cleaner
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How To: Fit and replace a Hotpoint fan oven element
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to fit and replace a Hotpoint, Belling, Cannon, Creda, Homark, Indesit, & Jackson fan oven element. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your fan oven element. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified engineer. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of the fan oven element.
How To: Replace your grill element
This video is a tutorial showing you how to change the grill element in your Bosch or Siemens.
How To: Fit and replace a Bosch grill element
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to fit and replace your grill oven element in a Bosch and Neff. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your oven grill element. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of the Bosch oven grill element.
How To: Fit and replace a Neff oven grill element
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to fit and replace your grill oven element in a Bosch and Neff. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your oven grill element. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of the oven grill element.
How To: Fit and replace Creda carbon brushes
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to replace your Creda carbon brushes in your washing machine's motor. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your washing machine's Creda carbon motor brush. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified engineer. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of the carbon motor brush in your washing machine.
How To: Fit and replace Hotpoint carbon brushes
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to fit and replace your Hotpoint carbon brushes in your washing machine's motor. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your Hotpoint carbon brushes. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified engineer. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of your Hotpoint washing machine's carbon brush.
How To: Diagnose washing machine bearings
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to fix and diagnose your appliance. These videos are for information purposes only. A qualified and proficient engineer should be employed to replace any faulty parts on your domestic appliance.
How To: Remove door hinges to your cooker, oven, or stove
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to fit and replace door hinges to your oven. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to replace your cooker's door hinges. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of your oven's door hinges.
How To: Replace a cooker thermostat oven
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to replace the thermostat in your oven. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your cooker's thermostat oven. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of your thermostat oven.
How To: Replace your fan oven element and your fan motor
Check out this home repair tutorial video that demonstrates how to replace your fan oven element and your fan motor. Follow the step by step instructions in this domestic appliance repair video to remove your cooker's parts. Please note that all work should be performed by a qualified person. Make sure to take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe removal of your fan oven element and fan motor.
How To: Do authentic Japanese ikebana with a cherry branch
The kadou enshu style of ikebana "Japanese flower arrangement has become extremely popular, just like Ukiyoe ,the Japanese print drawing. This video flower arrangement tutorial shows how to make a classic ikebana, from how to bend each cherry's branch to how to fix them together. Simply magic.
How To: Decorate a small room
A small living room doesn't have to feel cramped. There are lots of simple tips to make the most of the space available. Watch this video interior design tutorial and learn how to furnish a small room comfortably.
How To: Use and arrange gerbera daisies
Jane shows you several different gerbera daisies as well as ideas on how to arrange them. Gerber daisies are cheerful, and make for a beautiful bouquet. Watch this video flower arrangement tutorial and learn how to work with gerbera daisies.
How To: Fold a kimono
This is a video that shows how to fold a kimono or yukata. As the traditional folding patterns are not that intuitive, so having this video helps. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to fold a Japanese kimono.
How To: Hand-pollinate tomatoes and peppers
With the bees inexplicably dying off, they may not be a reliable source of pollination anymore. Fortunately, hand pollination is not particularly difficult, and maybe even a little fun. Watch this video gardening tutorial and learn how to hand-pollinate tomato and pepper crops in your own yard.
How To: Fix a leaky frost free sillcock outdoor faucet
Mark Donovan of shows how to Fix a leaky frost free sillcock or outdoor faucet. Oftentimes, the washer is loose, but other repairs are just as simple. Watch this video home repair tutorial and learn how to fix a leaky outdoor faucet.
How To: Bench check a central air-conditioner blower motor
If you're air-conditioner is acting a little funny, it's probably not just strain from excessive summertime usage. To prevent further damage or greater repairs, or even the purchase of a new A/C, regularly inspect an air-conditioner for any possible malfunctions. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to bench check a central air-conditioner blower motor.
How To: Make a DIY whiteboard on a white wall
This is a short video that shows how to transform any white wall into a dry-erase whiteboard in less than five minutes. Whiteboards are handy to leave messages on, or to work out simple problems, that can be erased, so the surface can be used over and over again. Cut down on paper waste in your home. All you will need is clear plastic book covering paper. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make a whiteboard on any white wall.
How To: Check an air-conditioner capacitor
As the efficiency and capacitance of a capacitor can decrease over time, it's important to check them from time to time. Make sure your air-conditioner is running optimally, and prevent larger malfunctions or repairs. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to bench check a single capacitor and a dual capacitor.
How To: Check a refrigerator's defrost timer
Over a period of a long time, the evaporator in a fridge will freeze up. So the defroster will switch and start defrosting. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to do a bench on a residential refrigerator.
How To: Install an ice-maker or water dispenser valve
Maybe your fridge is old-fashioned or the old ice-maker or water dispenser just broke. Don't buy a whole new fridge, or pay for expensive repairs. With some help from this how-to video, you can do it yourself. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to install and ice-maker or water dispenser valve onto your refrigerator.
How To: Make an air filtration system for your home
This do-it-yourself air filtration will keep the air in your house feeling fresh. All you need is a cheap box fan and an air filter (the MERV 11 is recommended). Watch this video tutorial and learn how to make an easy air filter and breathe a little deeper at home.
How To: Clean up white sneakers with Raven-Symone
Disney star Raven shows us how to make our sneakers white and new again using toothpaste. All you need is whitening toothpaste, an old toothbrush, and a bowl of water, and those shoes will look fresh and clean again. Watch this video housekeeping tutorial and learn how to clean up old sneakers by following along with Raven-Symone.
How To: Clean a pair of white Nike Air Force Ones
Those genuine Nike Air Force Ones might look stylish in white, but once they get dirty, they start looking less than fresh. Fear not, there is a way to keep them looking brand new. You will need bottled water, a bleach pen, and a toothbrush. Watch this video housekeeping tutorial and learn how to clean a pair of white Nike Air Force Ones.
How To: Organize your desk area with a plastic dish drainer
This is a cheap way to Keep your desk organized, especially if you have so many things and your space is limited. Find out how by watching this video. A simple dish rack is a great storage unit, as well as a way to dry out your dishes. Watch this video housekeeping tutorial and learn how to keep a desk organized.
How To: Build a mid-century modern style birdhouse
Help your avian alliances dwell in style with this handmade mid-century home. You may never be able to afford one for yourself, but watching the birds in your yard dwell in one of your making is the next best thing. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to build mid-centruy modern style birdhouse.
How To: Choose a hand plane for woodworking
Learn about the most common, and popular, hand planes used by crafts people today. At first glance, the whole subject looks complicated, because there are dozens of major plane types and many different variations within each of those categories. But most accomplished woodworkers agree that there is a core list of planes that any woodworker should consider for their toolbox. This video introduces and demonstrates how to choose and select, and use five of the more useful handplanes used by cont...
How To: Hollow out a wooden ball form with a hollowing rig
New to the lathe or simply interested in further developing your skill set? In this four-part tutorial, you'll learn how to create a hollowed-out ball form using a lathe and a captured hollowing rig.
How To: Cut a natural edge bowl with the Ci1 Easy Rougher
In this tutorial, you'll see how to rough out a natural edge bowl with a Ci1 Easy Rougher (using a suboptimal piece of wood). The wood used in the tutorial is "shinoki," which is a kind of oak, and the lathe is a Nova DVR 3000 wired for 200V. Watch this video to get started roughing out your own natural edge bowl.
How To: Master the basics of the scrollsaw
In this four-part tutorial series from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good prevents an introduction to the fundamentals of using a scrollsaw and takes you through a very basic project to get you started. As always, the pattern is available, free of charge, through Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com.
How To: Cut an acrylic nameplate with a scrollsaw
In this tutorial from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good will teach you how to go about cutting an acrylic nameplate with a scrollsaw. As always, the pattern is available, free of charge, through Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com.
How To: Cut a hollow vase with a scroll saw
In this two-part tutorial series from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good walks you through the process of creating a hollow vase entirely without a lathe. As always, the pattern is available, free of charge, through Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com.
How To: Cut a floral clock with a scrollsaw
In this three-part tutorial series from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good will show you how to cut a floral clock pattern using a scrollsaw. As always, the pattern is available, free of charge, through Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com. Take a look!
How To: Cut a scrolled round inlay box with a scrollsaw
In this tutorial from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good discusses inlays, and demonstrates one of the simplest inlay types, the bevel inlay. Watch as Steve guides you step-by-step through the cutting of his inlay box on the scrollsaw. As always, the pattern is available, free of charge, through Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com.
How To: Cut a scrolled candle stand with a scrollsaw
In this tutorial from the Scrollsaw Workshop, Steve Good demonstrates how to build a scrolled candle holder, which, by his lights, is a very simple and entertaining project, great for novices to the scrollsaw. As always, you can find the pattern, free of charge, at Steve's blog, scrollsawworkshop.com.