Repairs to squeaky hardwood floors scares everyone, after checking through some of the sites there a couple that I think will make us feel it is possible to do ourselves.
The first one is a site that I feel makes you feel that you can do the job without ruining your floors.  It does however push a product called Squeeek No More, on the web site you will find three video’s one on how to counter snap the screws into the hardwood floors.
The screws are 1/8 inch in diameter and 3 inches long, you will need #2 recess square head driver …read more

As stairs are only made up of three pieces, stringer (which is the side supports), the riser (which is the facing between the treads) and the tread (which is the piece you step on), the noise must come from either loose nails holding them together or movement between the pieces.
If there is a gap between the stringer and the treads you can use either wedges or you can insert a new piece of wood to the stringer (glue and screw the wood to the stringer) to stop the movement.  Sometimes just nailing down the treads again just doesn’t stop the …read more

I just bought an older house about a year ago and in that year have discovered a few squeaky spots, which mostly are under to carpets.  Downstairs the basement has been finished with ceiling tiles installed.  This like most people it has had me scratching my head until I started to research how to go about fixing this problem.  After seeing this one video and seeing what to do and the product to use, I feel I should have done this a lot sooner.
The best and most informative way was on this old house web site video.
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20045284,00.html
After watching this you …read more

When picking flooring there are a few things as the home owner you need to think about and keep in mind before you make your final purchase.
1- How long your going to be staying in your home!
Knowing this will help you come up with a budget for how much you want to spend on your product.
2 – What feel or look are you after with your flooring!
With all the types of flooring out there you almost need an interior designer to help pick the flooring you want. Every type of flooring bring a totally different feel to the room it …read more

For today’s safety tip I want to spend a few minuets talking about your knee’s, or maybe it’s my knee’s, or just knee’s in general.
Most of our home renovations require us to be on our knee’s while we work. There is not to much we can do about it, but there is one thing we can do to help us so we don’t end up hurting our knee’s while we are working.
Knee pad’s are the best thing to have on and they come in all shapes and sizes as well. You can get regular foam knee pads which are fairly …read more