After reading my previous article “Tile Question: Can you reuse the existing mortar bed on plywood?“, the next question is: How to DIY cut floor tiles for toilet flange and air duct? I am going to cut the tiles for the toilet flange. Here is a simple DIY tips, use a piece of masking tape…
After reading my previous article “How to remove tiles and thinset using a homemade tool?“, the next question is: Can you reuse the existing mortar bed? The answer is YES. To do this, you need an angle grinder and there is an additional tool you want to invest. It is a dust extraction tool which…
To remove the tiles like a Pro, I am making a Tile Removal Tool myself. I got a blade for the floor scraper from my local hardware store and I am trying to attach it to the air chisel that came with my air compressor. For this homemade tool, you do need to have a…
In this video, I am going to show you how to start a gas fireplace during power outage, it can save your life during massive blackout. There are 2 kind of fireplace on the market, namely Millivolt Ignition System (the one with pilot light) and Electronic Ignition System which requires 120V. Newer houses come with…
In this video, I am going to show you how to use Japanese hand plane to shave 2×4 and make a flower for Valentine’s day. Although I talked about the sharpening of the blade, this is not a video for setting up or how-to use Japanese plane. This is the full video: It’s pretty self…
I know Dashcam is pretty low tech when we are talking about sentry mode and instant notification provided by Tesla. However, I believe this is still helpful to a lot of car owners who don’t drive a Tesla and want to install hardwired Dashcam. I have installed the #papago 30G and #thinkware X550 dashcam on…
I have a 9-5 full time office job like many of you, but it doesn’t mean you need to hire someone to transform your backyard into something amazing. Most home improvement projects around the house are DIYable, although some basic skills are required, common sense are far more important. Before you start the project, you…
In this video, I will show you couple of tricks and trade secret on handling recycle material such as IKEA cardboards. To bring it to the next level, I made a tool to help bundle the wood/cardboard without having to tie a knot. It’s pretty cool! My goal is to share my experience with all…
If you have bought the NOMA LED Christmas light from your local hardware store such as Canadian Tire like I did, you will probably get very disappointed. They don’t even last for one season, even worse you may start experiencing broken LED in some sections in just couple weeks. The most common symptom is, one…
Most people would just toss the old hard drive into the garbage bin or drop it off at a recycling center. These hard drives may contain your personal information, If you read it on the news, 2nd hand hard drive can be purchased from ebay. There are professional data recovery software that can retrieve all…