You may recall that I harvested oak trees to make my own white oak flooring for the townhouse that I’m renovating. This has been a long process that involved many steps, the final one being the fabrication of wood flooring from rough wood planks. Part of that...
There are times when you need to cut or fill an area that doesn’t consist of nice squares or rectangles. I faced such a situation when I was installing radiant floor heating in the townhome that I’m renovating. In that situation I had to create a subfloor...
If you are a homeowner, or a DIYer, you will need some basic tools. If you do more than the most simple repairs you will benefit from power tools, and cordless power tools are generally the most convenient to use. However, there are so many different brands, models,...
The mass manufacturing of household items started well over 100 years ago when products started to be made in factories. Mass production heralded the birth of a new profession, the industrial designer. An industrial designer’s job is to conceptualize and design a...
The townhouse that I’m renovating was built in the 1970s, and its siding was old and tired. I had to remove it to accommodate the new doors and windows that I installed on the house last fall. The unit was clad only in Tyvek vapor barrier last winter, which kept...
