This How-to replace your kitchen sink post is for the Handy Father who already has a sink, but is looking to replace it, as opposed to a new install. The kitchen sink is the most versatile and heavily used features in the room.
Continue reading →How-to caulk a bathtub or shower enclosure – This is a common DIY project for the Handy Father. Steps to remove caulk and lay a perfect bead of caulk on your bathtub or shower enclosure.
Continue reading →The most fun thing you can do in your home is to replace the wax ring on a toilet. There are a number of reasons you may need to do this joyous task. You may want to paint or wallpaper behind the toilet, and need to remove it to access the wall behind. The toilet could break for whatever reason, and replacing the toilet means replacing the wax ring. Another reason to replace the wax ring on a toilet, the reason I’ve changed mine, is because we moved into this house, and every time we flush, a little bit of nasty liquid seeps out where the seal should be.
Continue reading →Drain rainwater away from foundations to eliminate foundation problems like bowing walls and water seepage in the basement.
Continue reading →Handy Father DIY: Replace a garden hose bibb. My garden hose faucet, spicket, or hose bibb as it’s properly called leaks when I open the valve to use the hose. It leaks out on top where the handle is. Whether the leaking hose bibb is caused by age, or by an improper winterization from a previous homeowner, I do not … Continue reading →
Apart from keeping you awake all night listening to the constant running water, the reason you should want to stop a running toilet is the cost and water waste. Gallons and gallons of water going needlessly down the toilet is the same as flushing cash!
Continue reading →Nothing is worse than a toilet that won’t flush. One culprit could be a broken toilet handle. How to replace broken toilet handle? Simple! Firstly, when you toilet won’t flush, for whatever reason, take the top off the tank. While looking into the open toilet tank, try flushing it again. If the inner workings of the toilet are in tact, … Continue reading →
