I bought a box of 100 feet (30.5 m) 12 AWG cable (12/3) from Costco for other DIY projects, but I had a problem organizing the long and heavy cable. Looking up on the Internet, there are products out there to solve the exact problem (Reel-A-Pail/Quick Winder) but they are not cheap. Honestly speaking it’s…
I had these car audio components for 15-20 years and many have been sitting in the basement for over 10 years collecting dust. Well, due to life style change I couldn’t put the subwoofer in the car due to various reasons. Recently I bumped into “Romanian House Club Mix” on YouTube and it brought me…
This DIY project wasn’t that difficult compare to other projects I did in the past, the result is pretty impressive if you compare the before and after photos. I want to share this information with other people who want to DIY their powder room. The Makeover My wife was the one who decided what sink…
By far, this is the most dangerous DIY project I have ever attempted, it’s done, I am still alive. Installing Sub Panel is something you should hire a licensed electrician to do it, but it is so easy and I strongly recommend and encourage serious DIY people to do it. Well, can it pass inspection…
After working on my own DIY front yard Part 1/2 – Porch makeover and Part 2/2 – Walkway and landscaping, I have tons of leftover materials from these two projects. So, I decided to help my neighbor to do their front yard. Mixing Techo Bloc with Permacon There are 2 kind of pavers I had…
This is part two of our front yard project, check out DIY Front yard (Part 1/2) – Porch makeover using Techo Bloc Venetian if you are interested. Planning – Permacon Rosebel vs Mega Arbel There are tons of information on the Internet, so planning wasn’t that too difficult. Since every house is different, you can…
This project was done last year in 2014 summer, but I didn’t have time to update the blog until this year 2015. This is part one of our front yard project, check out DIY front yard (Part 2/2) – Walkway with Permacon Rosebel Slabs and landscaping if you are interested. Techo Bloc Venetian was NOT…
I have built 3 different versions of cat gate in our old house and recently we moved, so I re-used the old frame from Cat Gate v3.0 and upgraded to this version. The design is to minimize the damage to the house but it has to be structural stable. So, I anchored to the wall…
We want our cats to enjoy running around on the 2nd floor, but we don’t want them to go downstairs (DIY Cat Gate V4.0 is another project) because of various reasons. When all the doors are closed, there is no way for them go from one room to another. The solution is very simple –…
Water condensation is always a problem in extremely cold weather in Canada, despite experts always tell you to lower the humidity when temperature drops below 0C but in our master bathroom, that does NOT help at all when it’s -20C outside. These 2 DIY projects are to solve the problem: (1) Nutune Fan QTN110E (110…