General Home Repair

How to Install a Dimmer Switch

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Adding dimmer switches is a simple, low-cost way to add sophisticated lighting to any room. Installing one requires very few tools. Here's how install a dimmer switch... more »

How to Install an Inline Duct Fan

By JayWolfx

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Increase the airflow of an older air conditioning system, install an in line duct fan.. more »

How to Install Outdoor Handrails

By kqmsradioman

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There are many handrail applications in various on site places around your property. We'll examine a few and see if they apply. For exterior applications, stucco will be the most challenging, and siding will be the easiest... more »

How to Insulate a Garage

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Many people want to convert their garages into workshops or an extra living space. However, unlike houses, garages are rarely insulated. Follow these steps to prepare your garage for year-round use in any climate... more »

How to Kill Fruit Flies without Pesticides

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Oh, no! Your bananas have gone bad, and now you have a swarm of annoying fruit flies zooming around your kitchen. Fruit flies are a common nuisance wherever you store perishable foods, and they CAN be eradicated without harmful pesticides. Read ... more »

How to Loosen a Rusty Nut or Bolt

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A nut or bolt that's frozen in place is bad enough, but three things are even worse: damaging the corners of a bolt or nut so they end up rounded and hard to turn, breaking off a bolt while attempting to free it, and smashing your knuckles. ... more »

How to Make a Garage Parking Stop

By AuntPhyl

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Pulling a car or van into a garage is easy. Knowing where to stop is not so easy. With a bumper stop, you will park the car exactly where you want it. When the car hood nudges the marker, you will be in just the right parking spot. Today's ... more »

How to Make Your Own Yellow Sticky Traps

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Yellow sticky traps are used to capture flying insects such as whitefly and aphid. Placed near an infested plant, the yellow color attracts the insect and the sticky coating captures them. Here's how to make these pesticide-free traps from scratch... more »

How to Patch Leaky Ducts

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If your heating or cooling system doesn't seem to be doing the job, it might be something as simple as a leak in the ducting. You can patch leaky ducts easily and make the system run more efficiently at the same time... more »

How to Prepare Metal Surfaces for Painting

By Sheila Wilkinson

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Metal surfaces can look brand new with a touch of new paint. Don't think of paint anything metal until you prepare the surface, however, or you're creative streak will only make a mess. Paint will not stay on galvanized steel, tin or aluminum ... more »

How to properly clean your window air conditioner

By SEOGUY

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The proper way to clean and maintain your window air conditioner unit for better cooling efficiancy. A window unit's evaporator coil (the indoor coil) will often ice up when the coils become very dirty which restricts the airflow though it. ... more »

How to Refinish your Front Door

By ricky74vette

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This article will give you the courage to tackle one of the most self satisfying home projects that everyone with a front door faces, Refinishing their Front Door. Follow these steps precisly and you too will have a pretty door... more »

How to Rehab a House for Profit

By jenna44288

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Rehabbing a house can not only be profitable, but it can be a rewarding experience as well as you transform an eyesore into something beautiful! This is an introduction to the important steps of rehabbing a house from beginning to end... more »

How to Remove Caulk

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Older caulks around tubs and sinks eventually begin to harbor mildew. This signals a time for a person to consider the options. The newer types contain chemicals to eliminate the problem. Removing caulk both inside and outside the home takes the ... more »

How to Remove Hard Water Stains

By edp81

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Is your shower door covered in hard water stains? Is your stainless steel sink lacking shine? Read on to learn how to easily remove your hard water stains - fast!.. more »

How to Remove Latex Paint from Carpet

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That "oops" you heard during that painting project in the other room is bad news - latex paint can ruin a carpet. Act fast or you may have to permanently place a potted plant in that stained spot... more »

How to Remove Rust Using Vinegar

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This is one of the easier, relatively safer, and environmentally friendly ways of removing rust from steel objects.... more »

How to Remove Urine Odor From Concrete

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There are both natural and commercial solutions for getting rid of the smell of urine in concrete, and both work equally well. The approach you should take depends on whether the stain is fresh or old, and whether there's carpet over the ... more »

How to Repair a Broken Soap Dish or Tile in a Shower or Tub

By John Gossett

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If you live in a house long enough, sooner or later a tile in your shower or the soap dish will come lose or break--especially if your 12-year-old uses the soap dish to lift herself up when getting out of the tub. What a frustrating feeling. You ... more »

How to Repair a Detached Drywall Ceiling

By Ruby Bayan

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Drywall, sheetrock or wallboard ceiling panels can detach and come off the joists, especially when a relatively heavy lighting fixture is fastened to it. When this happens, calling a handyman to repair the fallen ceiling first comes to mind, but ... more »

How to Repair a Rotted Windowsill

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Replacing a rotted or damaged windowsill is pretty simple: Take out the old sill, cut a replacement sill and install it... more »

How to Replace a Broken Ceramic Tile

By Murray Anderson

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Got a broken or cracked ceramic tile in your bathroom? You can remove and replace that broken tile with a little bit of work, some common tools you probably have around the house and a few inexpensive tile products available at your home store... more »

How to Restore a Fiberglass Bath Tub

By Dubtrizzle

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This will explain the basics of returning shine to a fiberglass tub... more »

How to restore original beauty to wood furniture & antiques

By Mickey70

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How to restore original beauty to fine antiques and wood furniture without having to strip, stain and varnish the finish... more »

How to Seal Air Leaks Affordably in Your Home

By Sheila Wilkinson

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Sealing up air leaks around the house can cost a small fortune, but you can improvise on some of the materials. With a little instruction and inventiveness you can do most of the work much more affordably... more »

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