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Here are our top recommendations. Top 5 Garage Shelving Units Seville Classics UltraDurable Commercial-Grade 5-Tier Shelving DEWALT 3-Shelf Steel-Wire Industrial Storage Rack FLEXIMOUNTS Garage Shelving FLEXIMOUNTS Overhead Garage Storage Rack Gracious Living Medium-Duty Shelf Unit Seville Classics UltraDurable Commercial-Grade 5-Tier Shelving This shelving unit comes with wheels and can be moved from one side of your garage to the other. The wheels lock once you’ve moved the unit, preventing it from rolling away in the middle of a project....

To redirect water away from your home and its foundation, your gutters should be as clear as possible. Unfortunately, leaves, sticks, dirt, shingle grit, and other debris build up over time, clogging gutters and causing water to cascade over the edge of your gutters. This can put your home at risk for wood rot, flooding, and roof damage, all of which can be very expensive to repair. To prevent clogged gutters, you need to keep your gutters clean throughout the year....

Whether it’s becasue of the good schools, safe streets, or neighbors who look out for each other, here are 22 great places to raise your kids. Capitol View, Little Rock, Arkansas Located just outside downtown Little Rock, Capitol View is a classic first-tier suburb, with small houses surrounded by mature oaks and overgrown gardens. The neighborhood started out as a blue-collar hub for machinists, furniture craftsmen, and workers on the St....

From a New Mexico border town to the heart of Dallas, here’s where you can find yourself a fine home in cowboy country. Coronado Historic District, Phoenix Once Phoenix had ensured its long-term survival by damming up the Salt River in the early 1900s, developers got down to the business of plotting the future of the growing Southwestern city. And that future was all about suburbs. By 1920 one of the largest was the Coronado neighborhood, home to a middle-class population of merchants, policemen, and railroad engineers living in modest bungalows and Tudor Revival cottages, many fronted by small lots with towering palm trees....

Smart approach Rather than a simple piece of plastic, this door station features upscale, metal finishes that can be flush or surface-mounted, and delivers exceptional audio and high-definition video intercom to touch screens and mobile devices. Doorbell intercom station: Control4 Whole-home comfort Effren incorporated a super efficient, customizable zoned heating and cooling system for tailored needs from room-to-room, so energy isn’t wasted on spaces that aren’t being used as often. A revolutionary air cleaner removes up to 99....

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva designed it to look like a piece of furniture, with four tapered legs that allow the underside to dry out and the deck or patio underneath to be cleaned. He also provided an air space between the wood and the soil by putting the potting mix in two milk crates lined with fabric grow bags. Water drains freely through the bags, the crates, and the planter’s open bottom without soaking the sides....

High-Tech Dryers: What They Can Do 1. Handle Wet Sneakers Without Waking up the Neighbors, and Delicates Without Making Them Shrink Look for a drum rack that slides inside so you can stabilize clunky items or block a sweater so it dries while lying flat and retains its shape. 2. Zap Germs—and Clothing Moths Check out the options—they should include a sanitize cycle that eliminates 99.9 percent of the bacteria. With that kind of heat, moth larvae are toast....

Electrical codes require that wires be secured to a framing structure. Traditionally, this means hand-stapling hundreds or thousands of staples on any given job, which, as you can imagine, is quite time-consuming. And while there are manual versions of staplers that attempt to do this work, nothing has come close to delivering the power and consistency necessary for streamlining the wire-stapling process like this stapler. How to Choose a Finish Nailer | This Old House: Live The stapler runs on DeWalt’s 20V Max battery platform and comes kitted with a 2 Ah battery, case, and charger ($249) and is available as a tool-only if you’re already vested in the platform ($199)....

How to Make a Dutch Door Acknowledging that it was a risky move, Lori decided instead to cut her existing wood front door in half, just above its two large lower panels. Before taking it down, she installed a fourth hinge to support what would become the door’s upper portion and added an extra dead bolt. Then she laid the door flat, made a jig using clamps and scrap wood—as she had seen Norm Abram do on TOH TV—and made a straight cut with a circular saw, despite never having used one before....

You don’t have to call in a plumber to investigate and fix this issue, and the only special tool you need is some sort of plumber’s snake, which you can buy at any hardware store or home center. Professional-grade plumbing snakes can cost hundreds of dollars, but you can buy one powered by a drill or by hand for $25 or less. A hand-powered snake may also be called a drum auger if you are doing a product search....

Step 1: Check the Electricity First, confirm that electricity is flowing to the garbage disposal by first checking the appropriate circuit breaker or fuse at the main electrical panel. If the circuit breaker is tripped or the fuse is blown, reset/replace it then return to the disposal and switch it on. If you hear the disposal motor hum, immediately turn off the switch, unplug the disposal (or turn its circuit breaker/fuse off) and proceed to Step 2....

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Hurricane plywood installation is a two-person job, particularly with large panels. For safety’s sake, get them up before the wind picks up and turns these sheets into sails. Here’s how to board up windows of wood-framed houses. (For masonry houses, see “Tips” below.) Boarding Up Windows For Hurricane Tip 1: If you live where hurricanes are a frequent threat, take time during the off season to screw stainless-steel hanger bolts into the framing every 16 inches, and drill matching holes in the plywood....

The do-it-yourself projects that jump to the top of my list always seem to be the ones that add more function to our home. If a build promises to put wasted space to good use or bring organization to a cluttered area, I find myself feeling extra inspired. So when I noticed charger cords, books, and miscellaneous items accumulating on my bedside table, I decided it was time to make something that would provide more storage than I currently have....

DIY sliding barn door hardware is available in all manner of styles and budgets, and the door options are limitless—from salvage finds to original DIY creations like this one, a mix of pallet wood and common cedar. Follow this tutorial on how to build a sliding barn door from TOH senior technical editor Mark Powers. 14 Steps to Building Your Own Sliding Barn Doors Overview Plan for a 2 day project:...