Actually for the same reasons we do. We breathe, or respire, so our cells can get oxygen to break down glucose, a complex hydrocarbon,...

This little $5 device has endless uses. It's great for "sweeping" driveways and patios and cleaning out your outdoor drains. The ones...

Just attach this to your garden hose and you WILL do windows! This has the added advantage of cleaning your window sills of pollen and...

Obviously it's hard to find a wall this clean but after using an angle grinder and getting quite dusty...this video is from...

OK, this stuff is unbelievable...comes out like molten peanut brittle. Can be applied when wet. Spec sheet says it takes months to...

Just did another house with some closet doors that won't stay shut because the spring mounted ball bearings have disappeared. If there...

The problem with wood is it rots and splinters. So wood trim can be cladded with aluminum or replaced with vinyl boards. Most windows...

There are several important layers of function in these things: the cells, prefilter and charcoal filters, for example. Also they...

Just inspected a 70 year old basement. Leaky walls, leaky plumbing, dank and dark, a huge neglected space. Any unused space is...

To boldly go where no one has gone before...Here I am swab in hand having just taken a mold sample on insulation with my instant...

Kitchens and bathrooms...kinda opposite ends of our bodies and lives, so we like them to work for us. I always view saving space in my...

Is this heaven? Or did someone forget to put sheathing on the sides of the house? Vinyl siding is kinda like putting on fingernail...

Don't give it up to other creatures: mold, termites, vermin! Current science indicates that crawlspaces perform better when treated...

These straps increase the wall strength by three times! Here is product link: STRAPS #concrete

I would add good air as an additional essential and provide lots of ventiliation ideas on this site. Basement stairs are a particular...

I saw this KUBE system at Home Depot as I was searching out materials to help my brother in law make a platform for his sunken queen bed....

Some of the new houses are too airtight! Most houses are stale at certain times of the year. Some need better ventilation for safety...

A well-lived door. Opened countless times to sustain a life. A long shadow. How much of a difference have I made here? #misc

Put your longitude and latitude into this switch and it will turn off at dawn and on at dusk with NO photosensor! Click on image for...

Ah! How important to find beauty wherever we are, however mundane the task...documententing a missing light bulb. A keen eye, steady...