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Install a Bathroom Vanity
Often, all you need to do to update your bathroom is to install a new vanity. The choice in colour and style is wide - you can go traditional or thoroughly modern. It's a good idea to look for something that is similar in size to your existing unit. With the addition of a matching sink and beautiful new faucet, your space will be transformed.
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Installing a Pop-Up Drain
Unless your faucet can accept a pop-up drain, you will have to replace the fixture to get the convenience of a pop-up stopper.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Aligning the Bolt and Strike Plate
When a door fails to latch properly, it usually means the door is out of alignment. Often, the latch bolt is not dropping smoothly into the centre of the strike plate. If the latch bolt is too low or too high, the problem usually can be corrected by shimming a hinge to realign...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Installing Backerboard - Cutting Backerboard
To avoid cracking, tile needs a stable bed such as backerboard. The bed begins with a lather of wet mortar applied to the floor. The backerboard is set in the mortar while it's still wet, then screwed to the subfloor. Any gaps between sheets of backerboard and the floor are...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Installing a Toilet
If you're installing a new toilet in a new location, you'll need to run (or have someone run) a water supply line and a drainpipe, which must be connected to the drain/vent system in compliance with code. Even if you're just replacing an existing toilet, you should...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Laying Ceramic or Porcelain Tile
Ceramic tile is the most durable flooring you can install. It's low-maintenance and stands up well to water. Porcelain tiles are ceramic tiles that are extremely dense and waterproof with a glossy surface. Installation for both types of tile is labor-intensive. Even if ...
Skill: Intermediate
Time: 5 hours
Setting Ceramic Tile - Laying Ceramic Tile
Ceramic tile is the most durable flooring you can install. It's low-maintenance, stands up well to water, Installation, however, is labour-intensive. Even if you don't have to install backerboard (not necessary on a slab floor or patio), there's mixing mortar, setting...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 3 hours
Installing Ceiling Tile
Screw a grid of 1x3s to the ceiling, shim it for a flat surface, and then staple tiles to the grid. The centre seam of the ceiling must run down the center of the room. Trim the tiles so those against the walls are the same size on opposite ends of the room. Apply the grid from...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Installing Baseboard - Part 2: Installing Baseboard Along the Second and Third Walls
The moulding installed on the first wall in Part 1 was cut square on both ends. In Part 2, the moulding for the second and third walls will have to be mitred and coped before installation.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Installing Drywall
Make dreaded dry walling an easy event. Try to purchase sheets of the same length as the wall. Hang the sheets with the longest edge parallel to the floor so you cut down on taping and compound. This method also provides more strength because each board ties more studs together...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Clearing Sink Drains with a Plunger
Sinks get clogged and backed up when soap, hair and grease build up and clog the trap or the drain line. When that happens, don't reach for the drain cleaner. Instead, try to clear the drain by cleaning gunk off the sink stopper or plunging the sink.
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Drywalling a Ceiling
When installing drywall the ceiling goes in first, in part so that the drywall on the walls will support the edges, and in part to ensure a tight seam at the edges of the room. Apply the drywall in several rows, each made of the longest pieces you can handle. Half-inch drywall...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 1 hour
Clearing a Fixture Drain Line
If your sink is backed up but the clog isn't in the trap, it's probably further in the drain system - in the drain lines inside your walls. To reach this kind of clog, you'll need a snake - a tool designed just for this type of job. An inexpensive hand snake, sometimes...
Skill: Beginner
Time: 2 hours
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