Repairs & How To

Problems with plaster, woodwork, pocket doors–find advice here for old-house inspection, repair, and maintenance.

SEE ALSO:

Product of the Week

Products of the Week

Eco-Strip

Products of the Week

Elmira Stove Works

Products of the Week

Pewabic Pottery

Print Digital E-Newsletters

Repairs & How To

7 Ways to Weatherize

Quick tips on tightening up old houses for better cold-weather comfort.

Repairs & How To

8 Popular Ways to Modernize an Old House

There’s no need for massive renovations to bring your classic home up to speed.

Repairs & How To

A Better Roof

Technical improvements are bringing the roof into the future.

Repairs & How To

A Colorful Glass Welcome

Glass adds sparkle and dimension, perhaps even color, to the garden, and it holds up well.

Repairs & How To

A DIY Floor in Wood Paint

Although there was some labor involved, this solution to a problem floor was inexpensive and remarkably effective.

Repairs & How To

A Do-It-Yourself Water Feature

A buried trough for water plants and soothing sound.

Repairs & How To

A Feather Vase

This odd, abused feather vase had sat for years in the seller’s garage.

Repairs & How To

A Fix for a Missing Radiator

The room is cold, there are telltale holes in the floor . . . where’d the radiator go?

Repairs & How To

A Fix for a Sagging Ceiling

What to do when a new beam goes up and the ceiling starts to sag.

Repairs & How To

A Fix for a Sweating Toilet

Learn how to solve an uncommon toilet problem.

Repairs & How To

A Fix for an Unusual Basement Hazard

What to do when your mother-in-law hangs old clothes on Romex in the ceiling.

Repairs & How To

A Fix for Cabinet Veneer Chips

Delicate repairs for delaminating cabinets.

Repairs & How To

A Fix for Falling Cabinets

When all the upper kitchen cabinets come loose.

Repairs & How To

A Fix for Foul-smelling Paint

The case of the foul-smelling can of paint, and a fix.

Repairs & How To

A Fix For Half-stuck Slide-away Windows

In a sleeping porch, the original slide-away windows got yanked once too often.

Repairs & How To

A Fix For Humming Walls

“If only it turned out to be a simple haunting, with footsteps and rattling chains!” –Deb Botti

© Copyright 2021 Home Group, a division of Active Interest Media. All Rights Reserved.
P.O. Box 20730 Boulder, CO 80308

Close