DIY Now: Your Home Is Due for a Checkup

Is Your Home Working Like It Should? Perform an Energy Checkup on Your Home Is your energy bill getting out of hand? Maybe it's time to perform a home energy checkup and get your home energy under control. Read More! 5 Tools to Protect Your House That You Didn't Know About Houses require all kinds of care with all kinds of tools, from vacuum cleaners to plungers to paint brushes and circular saws. But there are some tools you might be unfamiliar with that can help you maintain and protect your home.Read More! Identifying Lead Paint - A Homeowner's Guide A common hazard that often goes unnoticed or unaddressed by homeowners is lead paint. Learn how to idendity this deadly substance before it impacts you and your family. Read More! Quick Tips! Cleaning Your Doorbell Bells or chimes usually don't work if their clappers or plungers are dirty, which makes the ring sound muffled or muted. Take off the cover and inspect the points that strike the chimes or bells for dirt. If they are dirty, use a cottom swab dipped in alcohol to clean them. From Our Workshop What We're Working On: Baling Wire Ring The only thing cooler than making your own ring is making a ring from baling wire. In this project we show you how to craft this uniquely awesome piece of jewelry.