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Removing Grout
You don't need a special tool to remove old grout, but you do need the determination to do it right.
How To Adjust Your Sliding Door
With these adjustment techniques, you can fix a sliding door yourself. Read on for our expert tips and advice.
Drilling Pilot Holes: A Comprehensive Guide for Your Projects
Drilling pilot holes can help to prevent wood splitting and provide accurate fastening. This guide walks you through the steps.
Garden Watering Tips
When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely
Using a Tourniquet Clamp
Learn how to use a tourniquet clamp for woodworking and carpentry. This tool helps secure pieces for gluing and creates tight joints.
Setting Stepping Stones
Create a sturdy, no-wobble garden path.
How to Make Perfect Chalk Lines for a Perfect Project
No matter the distance from start to finish, the tips in this article will help you draw the perfect chalk line for your next project.
How to Fix Concrete Steps
Concrete steps are typically durable, but they can sometimes chip or breakaway near the corners. Read these steps to learn how to bring new life to damaged corners of your concrete steps.
How To Remove an Interior Doorknob
No need to call in the pros for a faulty doorknob. This guide explains how to remove an interior doorknob by yourself.
Repairing Crooked Sliding Door Tracks to Improve Entryways
Follow our detailed guide for quick fixes for your bent sliding door tracks. Learn when to repair and when to replace your sliding door track.
Removing Old Toilet Seats
If your toilet seat was installed with metal bolts, you'll probably need some help wrestling it off now.
Gluing Laminate Trim
Re-gluing a laminate trim piece just got a little easier.
Covering Up Wall Cracks
Have a crack in your wall that you want gone? Luckily, fixing most household cracks is a straightfoward and simple process.
Opening Jammed Windows
Windows painted shut? Patience pays off in getting them moving again.
How To Fix a Loose Newel Post
The key to a steadier handrail is at the bottom of the stairs. This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to stabilize an unsteady newel post.
Unclogging Spray Paint Nozzles
Keep your spray paint flowing with this revival technique
How To Fix Falling Drawers: A Step-by-Step Guide
Falling drawers can be both a nuisance and damaging. This guide will help you create stops for older cabinet drawers to keep them from falling.
How to Mend Miter Joints and Prevent Future Issues
Coax your baseboards outside corners back into place with this simple trick.
Painting Edges with a Drywall Taping Knife
Get a tidy edge by using a tool you probably already own
Support for Sagging Drawers
Bottom falling out of your drawers? Prop it up with this fix.
Choosing and Using a Circular Saw
Find out what style of circular saw is right for you, what features to look for, and how to use one safely.
Recycling Paint Thinner: Everything You Need to Know
Throwing out paint thinner after a single use is a waste of money and harmful to the environment. Here's how to recycle it effectively.
Pro Window Painting Secret
How the pros manage to paint windows without making a mess of the glass
How To Remove Trim
Learn to safely remove trim without damage. Our guide covers tools and tips to preserve molding for reuse or prepare for new installations.
Making Holes in Ceramic Tile
Use a small drill bit to help you create a large opening