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Update On the Bathroom Remodel

February 25, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Some of you had asked about what should an upgrade from one wood type to another on cabinets cost? Well I e-mailed Dura-Supreme Cabinets in Minnesota and here is the Reply. And thanks Karen for responding so promptly, this will certainly help our readers. Hello Hal – I’ll try to answer your questions …  Wood […]

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Stupid Home Improvement Tricks and Other Things We Have Done and Hoped No One Was Looking

February 24, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Several times a year, home improvement editors and trade magazine editors travel to see new products, tools and etc. Now some of the time we spend traveling together to meals and activities, and this gives us a chance to talk shop. (This is what we tell our employers anyway.) Actually we talk about the things […]

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Copper versus Pex Plumbing

February 23, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

PEX plumbing is being used more frequently in today’s construction, tell us about your experience with it. Have you used it in existing construction or new construction and does its advantages outweigh copper pipe?  From a cost perspective, which is less expensive. I have used it in vacation homes that have experienced freezing problems in the past. And yes […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Home Improvement, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Building Materials, Copper Pipe, Home Improvement Projects, household water systems, PEX Plumbing

Working with Solid Surface Material such as Corian™, a Follow Up

February 22, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

I was talking to Kyle Carpenter at Solidsurface.com a few weeks ago about working with Corian™ and some of the other materials used in solid surface countertops.  I asked him to send me a scrap piece or a drop end for me to practice some cuts,  seaming and  edge build-ups that I could form into a […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Tools, Weekend Projects Tagged With: bathroom project, Building Materials, Extreme How-To, Home Improvement Projects, kitchen project

Solid Surface Countertops like Corian®, Would You Consider Installing

February 15, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

We are putting the finishing touches on a step-by-step installation guide for solid surface countertops for the DIY  homeowner. Would you consider installing this material yourself or would you think it’s better left to the professional?  If you are concerned about installation problems, ask us so we can better address those in the article.  If […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Building Materials, Home Improvement Projects

Apollo 1040 VR HVLP Unit is Our Tool of the Day

February 15, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

HVLP sprayers offer the highest quality finish available for woodworking, automotive, furniture or any other application that requires an immaculate finish, and the 1040VR is the top-of-the-line unit in our opinion. This is the same unit we reviewed earlier, but felt it deserved its own blog post.  For most of  the applications I used the 1040VR on, I […]

Filed Under: Automotive, Tools Tagged With: finishing systems., Home Improvement Projects, HVLP, Paint Systems, Tools

Antex Pipemaster is Our Tool of the Day

February 12, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Do you cringe when you realize a job requires soldering fittings? Does getting the copper tubing hot enough without turning it into a crispy black mess plague your efforts, then the Antex Pipemaster is for you.  The Pipemaster heats the copper pipe using electricity instead of propane and is ideal for soldering where working with a torch […]

Filed Under: Tools Tagged With: Butane torch, copper fittings, flame less solder, Home Improvement Projects, MAPP Gas, Pipemaster, plumbing, presoldered fitting, propane, solder, Tools

Waterproofing Your Basement

February 10, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Nobody likes unsightly stains from mold, mildew or water damage, but that’s what occurs in countless basements across the nation. Basements have a tendency to be damp by simple virtue of being the lowest level of the house, often below grade. The basement walls are the barrier between your living space and the gallons and gallons […]

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Extreme How-To and Punch! Software Combine to Bring You ” Weekend Projects

February 10, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

Extreme How-To and Punch! Software bring you Weekend Projects. Punch! supplied the design software and Extreme How-To brought the “How-To” to Punch!’s latest software edition.  Punch! worked with Extreme How-To as the exclusive supplier of “How-To” for weekend projects. You design your project using Punch’s easy-to-use templates, and build it using Extreme How-To’s step-by-step tutorials.

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Weekend Projects Tagged With: Extreme How-To, Home Improvement Projects, Punch! Software

March 2010 Issue is Now Live

February 10, 2010 by Chad Gillikin

March 2010 Extreme How-To

Filed Under: Automotive, Extreme How-To, Tools Tagged With: Energy Efficiency, Extreme How-To, Home Improvement Projects, Magazine Issue, Tool News, Tools

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