Home & Garden

My cottage has pressed hardboard exterior walls that are beginning to flake, particularly on the edges. With the exception of...

I have some wooden bookshelves on which I applied furniture oil. I want to paint the bookshelves, but I do...

Can I paint directly over existing wallpaper or must it first be removed? If I have to remove it, what...

I want to apply a paint that will brighten my son's bedroom. Since my son has a mild asthma condition...

I have a cantilevered addition to my house that extends out about 60 cm (2 ft). In the winter, those...

I am having a problem with condensation on the windows in my living room. I have blinds over the windows...

I bought a house about two years ago. Over the last two winters I have found the temperature in the...

I have a detached garage that I use as a workshop. I use an electric heater to keep it warm...

In the winter, when the heat is on high, the cushioned flooring in my kitchen rises in a small area...

I live in a semi-detached house where the first-floor bathroom is directly above the furnace in the basement. Both the...

I recently bought a very old house. I am concerned that some of the insulation wrapped around the pipes leading...

I have a water heating system in my 10-year-old house. Can I heat the garage floor by installing hot-water pipes...

I have a layer of insulation with a vapor barrier in my attic. I want to add another layer of...

The insulation in my basement runs only 75 cm (30 in.) down. I plan to finish the basement, which means...

I have an old brick house that has been stripped of all walls except the outside brick wall and the...

The previous owners of our 80-year-old house had put insulation in the attic. Leaky shingles on the roof and a...

A year ago I built a detached garage next to my house, with a cement floor and 2x6 construction walls....

I installed an addition to my house this past summer using rigid foam panels. The end result is that where...

How can I get rid of the dirty marks around my floor registers without getting carried away with fancy furnace...

My house was built in 1954 with brick exterior walls and plaster interior walls. The house is extremely cold in...

I clean the electronic air filter for my furnace regularly in the dishwasher, but it never seems to work as...

I installed a new furnace in my town house last year. Since then I have noticed that cooking odors and...

I want to use a wood stove as a primary heat source. Which stove gets the most heat out of...

My husband and I are going to buy a new house. We have not yet decided what kind of heating...

I am thinking about buying a house that is heated with a propane heating system. If I do buy the...

I live in a four-story split-level house. On the third floor the family room, office, and bathroom have wood ceilings...

We moved into a house where the floors are covered in varnish, shellac, or varathane. We do not know which...

I have some parquet floors that are covered with wax. I want to remove the wax and varnish the wood....

The hardwood floors on the ground floor of my house squeak when anyone walks across them. The underside of the...