No, sadly, I don’t mean “makeover” – which usually means remodelling. I mean “do-over” as in doing it all over again… 
as in twice.
Less than 48 hrs after my helpful nephew and I congratulated ourselves on the great job we did installing the beaded panel ceiling in the new veranda it looked like this.
Cause? Failure to do the research by yours truly.
Material: 5/16″ x 3 1/2″ Yukon Pine T&G beaded panelling
Finish: Water-based Varathane (1 coat – both sides)
So what went wrong? (just a few examples)
[click to learn more...]
Last year’s renovations included adding a much-needed outdoor hose bib to replace the hose snaking through the cellar and out through a hole drilled in the old wooden entry doors. Our plumber installed one of the “frost-free” bibs that are about 14 inches long which effectively shut the water off “inside” the house thus preventing freeze-ups.
I used the outside tap late into the fall and never gave it another thought as the weather got colder and then downright fridgid through the winter months.
Spring arrived and it was time to hook up the hose to wash the car, water the garden and give the dog that long-needed bath. So how come water was coming out of the hole around the pipe where it came through the siding?
[click to learn more...]
Situation:
I needed to lay ceramic tile in a small (8′ x 12′) mudroom. No fancy cuts were required but I did need to cut tiles for the perimeter walls.
Options:
1. Buy a tile cutter or wet saw ($50 – $300.00)
2. Rent one of the above mentioned items.
Neither option was all that exciting to me.
[click to learn more...]
as in twice.
