Tag: David Zhang
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3 Tapping Glueless Laminate Floor Installation, a Must-See
Did you know that glueless laminate floor planks have more than one tongue and groove? How does this affect the installation? If you are familiar with hardwood floor installation, and you thought laminate floor installation is easier, you could be in for a big surprise unless you take the time to study the floor locking…
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4 Step Minimal Waste Time Saving Laminate/Engineered Wood Installation
How can you have almost zero waste when you install laminate or engineered wood flooring? The laminate flooring salespeople recommend allowing for at least 5% waste. Still, when I installed the flooring from left to right, often I found the right plank was too short and I had to undo the whole row and start…
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5 Different Ways To Make Your Toilet Use Less Water
In addition to flushing one tank of water, my experiment showed another 3 liters of water flowed to the overflow tube. I was very surprised to discover this. I will provide a zero cost fix to this problem. I will provide 5 different ways to save on water used in toilet flushing. These techniques are…
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Common But Shocking Building Code Violations Behind The Walls of Older Houses
If you are remodeling your older home, pay attention to the structure of the shear wall. If you are in California, it must meet the building code to withstand earthquakes. Unfortunately some tract home builders did not follow the building code but still managed to pass the inspection. This video shows the real violations as…
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DIY: Cheapest & Easiest Removable Gray Water System
Funny Brilliant DIY. If you don’t want to modify your existing drain pipes, if you don’t want to spend much money, if you want an easy design, then you need to watch this video. I provide two easy implementation choices, feel free to adapt to your home configurations. The end result is a removable gray…
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DIY: The Instant Clean Up After A Paint Job
Very often I need to do a small paint job, whether it is paint or wood stain or polyurethane. The cleaning is always the pain, actually I had to spend more time to clean than the actually paint job. As long as you can find cheap material similar to a paint brush, paint roller or…
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How To Unclog Bathroom Sink
Previously we have the video “16 ways to Unclog Toilet” http://youtu.be/pRQkkMR1b5I as well as “How To Unclog Kitchen Sink” http://youtu.be/JgBu1WK5DdI. Many methods for the toilet & kitchen can be applied to the bathroom drain. http://fetv.com/unclog-kitchen-sink/ https://handymanfix.com/unclog-kitchen-sink/
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5 Ways To Unclog Toilet Using Garden Hose
5 Ways To Unclog Toilet Using Garden Hose 5 Ways To Unclog Toilet Using Garden Hose. Obvious the best is just to use the hose as a snake, but it is also fun to experiment with other options, if one option does not work, you may combine it with other options. A. Solid 1. act…
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4 Steps To Replace Shutoff Valve
4 Steps To Replace Shutoff Valve The configuration: half inch copper pipe-to-water valve-to-(3/8 inch) flexible water supply pipe-to-faucet. 4 Steps To Replace Water Valve step 1: shut main valve. Step 2: drain remaining water out. step 3: remove water supply pipe. (with 2 wrenches) step 4: remove water supply valve (with 2 wrenches) Install the…
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Replacing A Dishwasher
The new dishwasher matches the color of kitchen and is larger and quieter. However you can’t replace the old with the new easily without buying a new fixture. I hope the video can save you the time and money when you replace it yourself.