More from Bob Vila

The exterior entrance to a basement leading out to a backyard
Exterior

Add an Entrance to Your Basement

By Bob Vila

Woman in navy polo shirt uses a paint roller to paint a sheet of MDF green.
DIY

How to Paint MDF Furniture and Cabinets

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila

Man using a hammer and chisel on a piece of stone
DIY

Cold, Masonry, and Brick Chisels

By Bob Vila

Multiple buckets of colored paints lined up next to a pile of paint brushes and rollers on a wooden floor
DIY

Types of Paint and Paint Finishes: A Complete Guide 

By Amy Lynch, Bob Vila, Updated by Tony Carrick

The exterior of a modern home is made of concrete.
Architecture

Should You Consider a Concrete House?

By Maureen Blaney Flietner, Bob Vila

A person wearing a white glove is using a red pipe cutter to cut a copper pipe.
DIY

How to Cut Copper Pipe

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila

A new home's concrete slab foundation is laid in a dirt lot in front of a neighborhood.
Exterior

Concrete, Block, and Slab Foundations

By Bob Vila

A man is inspecting a toilet with the tank lid removed with the intention of repairing it.
Bathrooms

How to Fix a Running Toilet

By Timothy Dale, Bob Vila

how to winterize a sprinkler sprinkler in grass sunset
DIY

How to Winterize a Sprinkler System

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Gretchen Heber

fiber cement siding
Exterior

Fiber Cement Siding 101: What to Know About Cost, Maintenance, and More

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Steve Bernstein

add sand to paint
DIY

How To: Mix Sand with Paint for Non-Slip Surfaces

By Bob Vila

how to mix grout
Building & Installing

How to Mix Grout

By Bob Vila

A person using a chainsaw in action on a large log.
DIY

How to Use a Chainsaw

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Timothy Dale

Hand using scrape to spread grout on beige tiles.
Building & Installing

Sanded vs. Unsanded Grout: Which Should I Use?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Updated by Teresa Odle

Two houseplants alongside ingredients needed to make homemade plant food.
DIY

Homemade Plant Food Recipe for Indoor and Outdoor Plants

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A yellow jacket wasp is resting on a yellow flower with its wings raised.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Wasps and Prevent Future Nests

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila

A close up portrait of a striped chipmunk in a colorful bed of flowers.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Chipmunks

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Woman with yellow rubber gloves uses a long-handled brush to clean beige vinyl siding on a home.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Vinyl Siding

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila

Older man in jeans and cap coats asphalt driveway with a seal using proper equipment.
DIY

How to Seal a Driveway

By Larry Bilotti, Bob Vila

Person opening a can of white paint.
DIY

How to Open a Paint Can the Right Way

By Jill Lawrence O’Hara, Bob Vila, Theresa Clement

A person is repairing a white plaster wall with a plaster trowel.
DIY

How to Patch Plaster Walls

By Bob Vila

A pregnant woman wearing overalls stands on a ladder held steady by a younger man to change an interior lightbulb.
DIY

Why Are Lights Flickering in My Home?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Updated b Teresa Odle

Exterior of red brick home with slate-colored asphalt roof.
Exterior

Asphalt Shingles 101

By Merv Kaufman, Bob Vila

Bird's eye view of a person wearing blue shoes and khakis standing on a clover lawn.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Clover

By Bob Vila

Finch on a white window sill looking toward house.
Lawn & Garden

What to Do If a Bird Flies Into Your House

By Marisa Villarreal, Bob Vila

Colorful dishes in the top rack of a dishwasher are wet.
Appliances

6 Reasons Why Your Dishwasher Isn’t Drying

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Updated by Margaret Foley

Installing Pocket Doors - Sliding Doors for Separating Small Spaces
Building & Installing

Installing a Pocket Door

By Bob Vila

Circular transom window above the doorway surrounded by brick.
Design

Everything You Need to Know About Transom Windows

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Materials needed to make three different kinds of ant traps, including borax, shortening, and wax paper.
DIY

How to Make a Homemade Ant Trap: 3 Methods That Really Work

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A water leak in a basement wall.
Basements

Waterproofing Basement Walls: The Dos and Don’ts

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Asbestos Floor Tile 101: How to Know If You're Living with Hazardous Building Material (and What to Do About It)
Building & Installing

All You Need to Know About Asbestos Floor Tiles

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

When to Aerate the Lawn? Solved!
DIY

Solved! Here’s Exactly When You Should Aerate the Lawn

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila, Manasa Reddigari

Woman uses mesh drywall tape to cover a hole in drywall.
DIY

How to Patch Drywall

By Bob Vila

how to get rid of mold on walls
Cleaning

Mold on Walls? The Key to Permanent Removal Is Knowing Where It Hides

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A window AC unit sits in an attic-level window on a house with white siding and green shutters.
Cleaning & Organizing

Mold in the Air Conditioner? Here’s How to Tackle It—and Keep It Away For Good

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A large white home with wooden window panes and a grey metal roof.
Exterior

Metal Roofs 101: How They’re Made, and Why They’re Worth Considering

By Joe Provey, Bob Vila, Theresa Clement

Backyard with lawn chairs and dry, dead grass.
Curb Appeal

The Best Drought-Resistant Grass for Dry Summers

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

Woman uses needle-nose pliers to pull weather stripping off from around a door.
DIY

How to Weatherstrip a Door the Right Way

By Michael Franco, Bob Vila

A person is pressing the leftmost button on a dual-flush toilet.
Bathroom Remodeling

Low-Flow and Low-Flush Toilets: Less Water, More Savings

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila, Updated by Margaret Foley

Materials needed for cleaning and sealing grout.
DIY

How to Seal Grout in Bathrooms and Kitchens

By Bob Vila

A spot of mold growing in the corner of a ceiling.
Cleaning

How to Test for Mold in Your Home in 6 Steps—(Even If You Can’t See It)

By Deirdre Mundorf, Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A man is caulking an interior window with a caulking gun.
DIY

The Dos and Don’ts of Caulking Windows

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Updated by Theresa Clement

Materials needed to clean a dishwasher laid out on a kitchen countertop.
DIY

How to Clean a Dishwasher

By Margaret Foley, Bob Vila

Materials needed to spackle a wall: sanding block, putty knife, and spackle.
Interior

How to Spackle a Hole in the Wall

By Bob Vila

Close up view of a woman holding a drywall anchor between her fingers, with a screwdriver in the anchor.
DIY

How to Use Drywall Anchors

By Tony Carrick, Kathleen Corlett, Bob Vila

A brown stink bug clings to outdoor siding.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Stink Bugs in the House

By Bob Vila, Donna Boyle Schwartz

Woman uses olive oil to polish a stainless steel sink.
Cleaning

How to Clean a Stainless Steel Sink

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

Foreclosure yard sign.
Buying

What to Consider Before Buying a Foreclosed Home

By Jean Nayar, Bob Vila

A view of a double bedroom interior with white walls, a dresser, and a bookshelf.
Bedrooms

What Makes a Room a “Bedroom”?

By Bob Vila

Modern open plan apartment kitchen and dining room interior with marble countertop in kitchen.
Cleaning

How to Clean Marble Countertops

By Bob Vila, Susan Pevaroff Berschler

Worker sprays blown in fiberglass insulation in attic.
Building & Installing

Blown-In Insulation vs. Spray-In Foam Insulation

By Bob Vila

Two hands holding white curl grubs. They are beetle larvae.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Grubs

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Woman uses a hair dryer to remove a sticker from a wood picture frame.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Glue: 3 Tricks That Really Work

By Bob Vila, Steffani Cameron

Stairs with white risers and light wood treads with a white wall in the background.
Building & Installing

How to Build Stairs

By Bob Vila

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Lawn & Garden

Solved! This Is the Best Time to Water Grass

By Kat Hodgins, Bob Vila, Amy Lynch

An empty room contains from left to right: a roller tray, a long-handled roller brush, a paint pail, and a step ladder.
DIY

Painting Tools and Materials

By Bob Vila

A photo of a bathroom transitioning into a bathroom planning sketch.
Bathroom Remodeling

The Basics of Good Bathroom Design: Measurements to Know

By Joe Provey, Bob Vila

A smoke alarm installed on the ceiling has a red light on.
DIY

Why Is My Smoke Detector Beeping? 

By Tom Scalisi, Bob Vila

Young woman arranging and planting plants at her porch.
DIY

Bob Vila’s 10 “Must Do” Projects for June

By Bob Vila

A window air conditioning unit is supported by brackets.
Building & Installing

8 Tips for Installing a Window Air Conditioning Unit

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila

how to install a window ac unit
Cooling

How to Install a Window Air Conditioner

By Bob Vila, Tony Carrick

A lawn mower with smoke billowing from it.
DIY

What to Do When Your Lawn Mower Starts Smoking—and When to Call a Pro

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A sprinkler is watering a lawn.
DIY

The Great Debate on Mowing Wet Grass

Edited by Gretchen Heber Bob Vila

A puddle of water is leaking from the bottom of a toilet onto the grey tiled floor.
Bathrooms

Solved! What to Do About a Leaking Toilet Tank

By Brenda Silva, Bob Vila