Many of us have rain barrel to collect water for gardening, but a lot of us don’t use the full potential of the rain barrel. In this article, I am going to show you how to use an old desktop power supply and transform your rain barrel. It’s GREEN to “upcycle” the junk electronics and…
This is an inspirational article dedicated to all DIY weekend warriors, this is not for professional landscapers. I just want to inspire you, almost everything around your house is DIYable! As part of the DIY Deck Azek series, I am going to show you how to transport rocks and boulders you bought from the hardscape…
This is Azek Deck series, this time I am going to show you how to install the Thomas&Betts Leviton Red Dot Deck Grommet like a PRO. The Red Dot deck grommet is less than $12 CAD ($10 US) at your local hardware store. But there is one problem, it’s designed for composite and wooden deck,…
In this article, I am showing you how to make a ground anchor using basic material from your local hardware store, it’s cheap to make and it only costs around $3.00 CAD each. There are many similar products such as “earth anchor” or “ring anchor”, but none of them are simple as this. It can…
XHose is a great and creative product, it makes garden hose extremely light in weight and eliminates tangled hose. However, most of these “As Seen on TV” products are not having high quality and of course they are made in China crap. As expected, mine was broken after 1 year. I didn’t want to throw…
When you are looking for outdoor dining set, one thing you want to look for is the material. I had very bad experience with cheap steel based dining table/chairs, every time it rained there was rusty water came out at the bottom of the legs. The main reason for me to choose IKEA Sjailland is…
After reading my previous article “How to install Toilet flange extension when screws are not aligned?“, next I am going to show you how to install Kohler Santa Rosa and Kohler Bidet C3-125 like a Pro. Yes, guarantee no leak. Any DIY people should be able to do it successfully. The prerequisite for leak free toilet…
After reading my previous article “How to cut floor tiles for toilet flange and air duct?“, the next problem you may face is installing the toilet flange extension. There are couple of products on the market at Home Depot and Canadian Tire, however you may run into the problem of existing screws not aligned with…
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…