Find out why you shouldn't paint your brick house. It's a big commitment and you will have to repaint every 7 years or so. Plus, a brick facade is an attractive feature for a buyer. Instead of painting, get tips on transforming your brick home by

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Find out the right way to use a heat pump. You should set it at a comfortable temperature and leave it there instead of constantly moving it up and down. When you fiddle with it too much, your electric resistance heater comes on and that costs about

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Find out why it is not a good idea to put granite over your formica countertop. Granite is not flexible, while laminate is, so a granite veneer would not stand up well. If you want to replace your countertops, get a new countertop rather than put a

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Find out the safe way to remove asbestos shingles. Get tips on wearing respiratory protection and wetting the shingles to keep the dust down. Once you properly dispose of the shingles, you can nail your new vinyl siding onto the sheathing.

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Find out how to dry out a wet basement so you can paint it. Get tips on keeping water away from the foundation walls by cleaning your gutters, extending your downspouts well away from the house, and sloping the soil around your home down and away.

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Find out how to repair a cracked fiberglass bathtub. Get tips on using Bondo from an auto parts store or a fiberglass patch kit to repair it. The way to do it is to use resin, then fiberglass material and more resin on top of that.

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Find out how to remove storage boxes from your attic through a louvered vent. Get tips on taking the opportunity to reinsulate the area after you remove everything. Learn why ridge vents should be paired with soffit vents, not power turbines.

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Find out how to kill mildew and keep it from coming back. Get tips on using a caulk with a mildicide in it, such as DAP, and controlling the humidity in the bathroom with a dehumidifier.

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Find out how to cover over a popcorn ceiling with drywall. Get tips on using 3/8-inch drywall and covering the ceiling one 4x8 section at a time. This method will give you a much smoother ceiling than if you tried to actually remove the popcorn

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Find out how to clean Plexiglas windows. Learn why cleaning them with Windex will cause an irreversible reaction that turns them cloudy. Instead, get tips on buying a special Plexiglas cleaner from your local home center.

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