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It may seem like a daunting task to build a shed yourself, but it can be done, even if you don’t have any previous carpentry experience. If you can wield a hammer, you can build a shed. It’s the losing your mind part that I can’t guarantee. Seriously, though, if you’re going to undertake a […]

You’ve probably used paint rollers in the past, with varying levels of success. Perhaps you just jumped straight in and began rolling, gradually refining your skill.Perhaps you’d gone through the directions and saw that you needed to layout the mixture in a particular style, generally a “W”. Painting walls isn’t a cakewalk, especially the large […]

Is it possible to paint over the wallpaper if you don’t want to eradicate it? Is it a good idea to paint over the wallpaper? Is it even possible? Wallpaper is one of my favorite things for fast home renovation. However, there are instances when you come into a property with pre-existing wallpaper that isn’t […]

Pre-drilling is always a good idea! Pre-drilling is always a good idea before you drive a fastener cause re-drilling removes some wood and gives the screw some room to enter the material. This prevents splitting and makes driving the fastener easier. Also, I’m only using an electric hand drill in my work, not a drill […]

A tape measure is just a tape measure or is it a multi-function swiss army knife tool? How do you know which tape measure is going to be best for you and for what you’re trying to do? In this post, I’m gonna give you three important things to consider before buying one of these. […]

Use Stainless Steel Screws. Not Nails When I first started building and for the first few years as a builder, I would nail the decking down. I would use nails that had an annular groove. So the problem with nailing the deck is that it doesn’t hold the decking borders down over time. The timber […]