Forum: Home Improvement

Looking at putting in an offer on a house today. Pretty standard house for this area, 3 bedroom 1 story not huge and has in-wall heaters and no a/c....

Looking for some shed inspiration. Preferably in the 150 to 200 sq ft range. Would like some thing I could put a covered boat port on for our little...

How much of a PITA is it? Was checking out my system because patches of the front look a bit brown, set it to manual and noticed one sprinkler head...

We had new seed put down in the back yard and that netting-like net was placed down to help keep the seeds down so they don't wash away. <p>Should I...

Now that I have two small children (8 weeks and 2 1/2 years) time is quite precious. I've been spending about four hours doing the lawn care around...

So the wife has been bugging for a pool for years. Don't blame her, it gets stupid hot here in the summer so you either have to be in a pool or be...

The wife has been itching for her "dream" kitchen since before we were married. Earlier this year we sold our condo and purchased a house that had...

I just got a stack of 1" thick clay brick pavers for my back patio. I'm really looking forward to getting the job done after unloading 2000+ bricks...

We are selecting materials for our kitcehn reno. we want the kitchen to be updated, but still match the feel of our 80 year old house. we don't...

Taken from the 'what did you do to your bike today' thread over in the cycling forum. Today I patched up a bad sprinkler and finally removed the...

I had been house shopping in Vegas and saw some really cool mid-century modern homes, the forum seemed to like seeing the pics and talking about MCM...

I have a ~14'x26' carport that I want to enclose into an attached garage. VA building code requires a 24" below grade continuous footing for attached...

I have vertigo and I have problems to use a ladder to get there, even if it is only a one-level house (13-15ft). Not exactly to get there but when...

I'm hoping someone on here can give me some helpful info. My wife & I have been searching for a new home for about a year now. We've been under...

There are a lot of colonies in the back yard. The mounds aren't very big, so it's not easy to find them through the grass. I cut the lawn & spread...

Post up your recent home improvement pick ups - raw materials, finish materials, etc. Recently picked up. ...

We purchased our house in 2009. We are in an area that does not have gas, so heat and hot water are from a Peerless boiler with tankless hot water...

I'm looking around at buying a house, our landlord sent us a letter saying that she might sell the place we are living in to a friend of hers and we...

My wife and I've been searching for land or a home in our school district. We have two kids that attend the schools and we are involved with sports...

Would like some input and ideas to help make this happen. Was thinking of making some gardening boxes out of ceder wood but that is going to be...

My wife and I are planning a fairly extensive redesign of our front entry / landscaping. Our current front walkway is just plain concrete, and has...

A couple of months ago I picked up a pair of cherry trees. While one of them appears to be doing fine, the other just seems to be slowly dying, and I...

I removed a really cheapy stand up shower unit in our lower bathroom and this is what i found: ...

The kitchen sink drain, in my office building, has been running slow for 20 years. Recently it got worse. I pulled the disposal and all drain...

Typical aluminum walled, vinyl liner, 18’x33’ above ground. It’s 12-years old and the liner was replaced 5 years ago following a mishap with an ice...

Thinking of installing a Natural Gas powered home generator. In Central NJ. Since its going to be a 2900 sq ft (with finished basement) home, I...

Hi everyone, Long time lurker and finally bought a place of my own so I have something to post about. The house is pretty old (1956) and has its...

Has anyone tried or used this system for their kitchen cabinets? It seems to get decent reviews and looks like its a lot less work than stripping or...

I first saw the ad on hulu. Didn't mentioned the price in the ad so I google'd it and it starts at $10 per bulb. ...

So we just bought our first house and the wife wanted this: ...