Recently, I bought a Fiskars Salsa Rain Barrel (58 gallons/219 Liter) for our house because I am just amazed by its built quality and the overflow design. Before I bought it, I read a lot of reviews on the Internet complaining about 2 things: 1. Does not work for square downspout or it’s leaking 2.…
Our cats are generally very good but sometimes when they have a bad day, they would hide under the bed or couch and don’t wanna come out (Note: it is not excessive hiding, we observed for 2 years). We totally understand cats like to hide and play, that’s why I built them cat tree and…
Originally, I was so happy that I have installed “Watts FloodSafe Auto-ShutOff Connector” on the toilet several months ago, because it claims that it could protect our house from flooding. Well, as an IT professional and Home Improvement guy, I always want to put these gimmick products to the test. Yes, I found a serious problem. How…
My parents got a 10+ years old NOMA snowblower with Tecumseh (HSSK50) engine, it looks like in good condition. However, in the last 2 years they hired someone to do the snow removal, so the snow blower was being stored in the garage for 2 years. PROBLEM 1: Engine does not start: I took it…
Edited: Not to be confused with the new posts, this DIY project was done in our old house many years ago back in 2008. Originally I wanted to hire some professional interlocking company to do the job because they have the proper machines and dump truck. Well, with my wife’s uncle being volunteer to help…
Recently, YouTube or MetaCafe are flooded with videos teaching people how to open locks using 2 commonly used techniques: lock picking and lock bumping. Lock picking does require some practice, but on the other hand, lock bumping is so scary because it doesn’t require any skills at all. Anyone can create a bump key from any…
The plan is to get rid of the “ball” like fixtures installed by the builder, and replace with recessed lights in the kitchen and dining area, as I know that fire hazard is an issue (pot lights generate a lot of heat), so I have to do it carefully. So, we went to Home Depot…
The builder gave us some ugly ceramic towel bar and toilet paper holder, we decided to remove them and get the chrome one. It is interesting that I couldn’t find a lot DIY information on this topic, so I decided to write one up to help other people. How to remove the ceramic towel bar…
We want to have a big acrylic painting in our living room, however the one we looked at costs $2500-$3000 CAD. We also looked at some cheap $200 one, but they are not good at all. So, I decided to paint my own! The goal of this project is to have a unique and colorful…
Edited: Not to be confused with the new posts, this DIY project was done in our old house many years ago back in 2007. My wife and I like to have backsplash in our kitchen, so we went to shop for our stones, we bought the Italian made tumbled marble, sealer, diamond blade wet saw,…