Home Improvement Resources (04)
Guide to the Learning the Essentials of Restoring and Renovating Historic Homes
A fitting complement to OldHouseJournal.com, the Restoration Exchange is practically an online starter kit for learning the basics of preserving an historic home. Links to the best industry Web sites and historical product and service providers are provided along with listings of historical societies, associations and government agencies. Features of the site include for-sale home plans of various traditional style homes, postings of historic homes for sale and information on financial assistance provided by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). Articles include stories of successful historical home rescues and tips for restoring old homes. Visitors are encouraged to submit their own historic home preservation stories for posting.
DIY and Home Improvement - Guides and Information
This extensive do it yourself site features a DIY Encylopaedia and Home Improvement guide including plumbing, decorating, diy building, electrics, flooring, roofing, insulation, woodwork, windows and doors, guttering and stain removal, everything and anything related to diy. Also do it yourself forums and a section on finding local experts and suppliers.
How to Build an Outdoor Fire Pit
Gas fire pits are an option for some homeowners, but a model that burns wood or charcoal adds an air of drama to your outdoor living space. Materials and tools needed for the project are listed here, along with instructions for drawing the circle and digging the pit. Filling the pit with gravel and marking the circle for the retaining wall come next in the process. Learn how to stack the first row of retaining wall units and add the adhesive to keep the blocks in place. General installation tips are also provided here.
The Renovator's Place
This is a huge site, very professionally laid out, with detailed plans, helpful hints, and materials lists for dozens of home remodeling projects—and more. Here you'll find detailed plans and helpful hints on everything from tips for savings money when you remodel, to inexpensive decorating tips, even ways to spice up everything from the kitchen and the bathroom to the family room for under $500. If you find the idea of remodeling too overwhelming, this site even has a wonderful article on 2-hour renovations—ways to break projects down into manageable bites so they don't seem so daunting. They even have articles for the brand new Do-It-Yourselfer to help you get started—and survive the experience. No matter what your level of experience, this site has helpful advice on how to get started on a project, how to estimate costs, how to hire and work with contractors, how to get financing, and, possibly most importantly, this site tells you how to maintain your sanity in the midst of insane chaos.
Lowe's Helps Consumers to Build an Adjustable Workbench
If you are looking for instructions for an adjustable workbench, the one on the Lowe's web site isn't exactly what you are looking for. Instead, the site offers instructions for intermediate-level carpenters on the finer points of building a workbench they can be proud of. Once you master this version, you can consider a more complicated model, such as a three drawer cabinet workbench. Discover how to determine the correct size and dimensions, what tools and materials you will need, and check out the cut list to make your project to build a bench a success. You will also find instructions for assembling the bench.
Home Improvement Tutorials
This index page provides the links to all the tutorials on the Easy2diy.com site. How to do it yourself tutorials provide step by step instructions on topics that include appliances, attics and basements, electrical, exteriors, plumbing, yard and garden. Pages with links to resources and manufacturers are also included. Many of the tutorials also have multimedia animation and video.
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