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Why Is My Paint Peeling? Bad paint jobs can happen to good people with old houses -- even when they listen faithfully to everything the paint salesman tells them. The reason is a surprising revelation about the compatibility of oil and latex paints. |
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Window Frames They're the most expensive feature in a house -- here's how to get the most for your money. |
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True Faux Thanks to the alchemy of these modern manufacturers, you can fill a house with man-made products that mimic the building basics of wood, plaster, metal, and stone. |
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Clear Choices for Windows A buyer's guide to materials, styles and money-saving options |
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Super Shed Indoor shelter for your outdoor tools... |
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Picking House Paint There are lots of exterior paints out there. Knowing how to pick the best from a lineup of look-alike cans will help your paint job last well into the next century. |
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How to Choose a Pitched Roof If it's been a while since you had a home reroofed, you'll find some new products on the market, including many that suggest the look of costlier materials without the high price. |
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Stripped Bare What stands between the Winchester house and new paint? Ten tenacious coats of the old stuff. |
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Tom Baker |
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March 2006
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Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Sealing a leak around conduit in the foundation wall... Making a Kohler toilet flush properly... Insulate exposed oil supply lines in the winter?... Preventing water evaporation from toilets, sink traps and floor drains... Can a light-fixture dimmer switch be used for a ceiling fan?... etc. |
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The Big Red Shed Build this two-for-one backyard building to take care of all your outdoor storage needs. |
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Groundskeeper A spacious storage shed that anyone can build. |
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Beneath the Surface By creating a sustainable siding, two young architects aim to produce better buildings. |
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How to Clean House: Top 10 Dirt-Dispelling Tips Chances are you own a shop vacuum, and maybe a pressure washer. These tools -- and more -- will help you get started getting rid of the dirt inside and on the exterior of your house. |
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Installing a Basement Egress Window Without an egress window in case of fire, regulations simply won't allow a basement bedroom. And because this ruling is fairly recent in many parts of the country, most existing basements were not built with egress windows. Thankfully, you needn't be restricted by your original basement... |
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The Pre-Inspector Home Inspection While it's a given that anyone buying a home should have it inspected by a pro, it pays to keep a keen eye out for potential problems yourself, even before the contract is signed. Here's what This Old House general contractor Tom Silva looks for on his initial walk-through of any house. |
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Backyard Barn A Colonial-style storage shed that anyone can build. |
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April 2010
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How to Build a Backyard Treehouse It's a common-sense rule of treehouse construction: Make it lightweight. |
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Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Solutions to readers' dilemmas ranging from tankless water heaters to dryer booster fans. |
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September 2006
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Shed Nation With a few tools and a pile of lumber, a pioneering homeowner can lay claim to the territory out the back door. Building a barn o a log-cabin sauna is the ultimate hands-on project. Get inspired, and get started. |
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How To Spot a Crooked Contractor The following tips from This Old House general contractor Tom Silva and the National Association of Home Builders will help you spot a crook. |
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Quick Fixes for Crumbling Walls Walls keep your house together, so don't let them fall apart! From wallpaper with bubbles to split wood siding, PM has easy solutions to make your walls look better, fast. |
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Cleaning Under Pressure Getting your house in tip-top shape for summer often means blasting away crud with a power-washer. |
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The winter sunlight Those cloud-free antipodean days: finding joy in spending time with someone; having fun on the beach -- it's the sort of weekend made for the Megan Tuffery winter 2002 collection... |
