How to Unclog a Toilet
Project details Skill 1 out of 5 Easy Just make sure to push the plunger all the way down and release it quickly. Estimated Time 5 to 10 minutes Fortunately, a clogged toilet is almost always an easy thing to...
Category: Home Renovation
How to Winterize Your Vacant Home Before You Go Away
Snowbirds looking forward to several months in a warm, laidback location should attend to home-based preparations before taking off. After all, if you’re lax about protecting your property for a winter vacancy, you’ll worry about it at best—and at worst,...
How to Patch a Wood Floor
To make the patches in strip flooring blend in, you’ll need to pull them up and weave in new strips between the old ones. The goal is to cut out some of the old strips so that the joints in...
Tips for Hiring a Great Home Renovation Team
This article appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of This Old House Magazine. Click here to learn how to subscribe. We’re used to breaking work into a series of steps. First, we scrape, then we prime, then we paint. Lather,...
9 Must-Have Tools and Home Products for Fall
This article appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of This Old House Magazine. Click here to learn how to subscribe. Get ready for the cooler season with some of our favorite tools and home products you can use all around...
Your Guide to Home Solar Panels
This article appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of This Old House Magazine. Click here to learn how to subscribe. A century after electricity started brightening most U.S. homes and powering pop-up toasters, a second electrification of American life has...
Fall Home Maintenance – This Old House
This article appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of This Old House Magazine. Click here to learn how to subscribe. 6 Easy Ways to Get Your Home Ready for the Fall Season Colleen McQuaid 1. Transplant crowded shrubs The cooler...
Pro Tips for Planting a Privacy Hedge
This article appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of This Old House Magazine. Click here to learn how to subscribe. If your location is zone 7, I’d recommend planting ‘Emerald Green’ arborvitae trees to create your privacy hedge. Sometimes referred...
How to Board Up a Window: Hurricane Season
Unless your home is equipped with hurricane shutters, an approaching storm means you’d better get busy putting plywood over your windows. Plywood is inexpensive, readily available (as long as you don’t wait until the last moment to shop), and has...
Build It | Rough Sawn Headboard
Project details Skill 3 out of 5 Moderate Moderate Building a Rough Sawn Headboard Paint a large sheet of birch plywood black to hide the gaps of the rough boards. Cut the plywood to rough size using the track saw....
