Forum: Home Improvement

My plumber did not do the best job, and used regular PVC pipes on my Kohler Pedastal sink. What can I do to make them look better? Do they make Satin...

Hi Everyone - I posted a few of these pictures here a while back but things are changing again. We bought our house in June of 2007, my wife was...

We just decided that we wanted to carry the recently laid bamboo into the entry way instead of tile and after pulling up the old crappy tile, I found...

I suppose the pics speak for them selves This is some of the crap that was in the bathroom, I forgot to snap some before pics ...

I am unsure of what to do with the crown molding on this one wall; as there is not enough room to fir the crown molding I wanted. I was thinking of...

so our Apollo Hydroheat water heater keeps going to vacation mode. I unplug it and plug it back in and it works fine for one tanks worth of hot...

The wife and I are looking at getting a new house and we stumbled across a gem, sort of. The lot is beautiful and backs to a protected woodland...

Having a hard time choosing between these two granite colors - the top one is Key West Gold, and the bottom, darker color is Tan Brown. I like the...

Hello Pic below shows a lock that won't turn/open. I tried using a key to open it from the outside with a key but no luck. Please advise....

Long time vortexer here (just not recently) and I forgot my password and the admins were of no help in the recovery. So I guess this is my second...

is it ok to apply "deck stain" over "wood stain"? both are water based, sherwin williams, if it matters. its for a garden shed made out of treated...

So when you go to look at a house, do you have a checklist of what you are looking for? It tends to get hard to look past the paint on the walls...

Scheduling my home inspection here shortly to wrap up this painful and irritating home buying process and I was curious about 1 thing. My wife's...

Hey guys, it's been a while since i posted here on the home improvement but we finally purchased a house and decided to to some remodeling. House...

My g/f and i recently purchased a ranch style house.. the previous owners have partially finished off the basement with pergo flooring ( ive lifted...

This is something I've wanted for a really long time and I'm starting to get the gears in motion. I'm just looking for someone who already has a...

So I've been working with sketchup for months now on about 2 dozen various designs. We locked in a few weeks ago on something I liked and would fly...

Ive just picked up some porcelin tiles. im tiling the bathroom floor for the first time. everything is already prepped adn ready to go. any...

Sorry for the long post!! I have a Whirlpool Designer Style refrigerator with the freezer on top. Pretty basic appliance. No water dispenser or...

Recently took possession of a brand new home and I would like to get the concrete floor in my garage coated for protection and for looks. Any...

So, as some of you may recall my last condo reno thread: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4550233-DIY-loft-condo-reno-project. I have the...

So I submitted my 1 year fix-it list to the builder on my house. One of the items was that the countertop had bubbled around the seams, I guess due...

We currently rent an older place in an area with rats. I've only seen one in a wood pile in the yard (the wood is going to be removed), but there...

I (we) bought my first house in July. a real "fixer upper" <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vortexmediagroup.com/images/banghead.gif" BORDER="0"> ....

Starting a "build" thread for an addition thats going on to the house.. it's going to have an oddly shaped ~12x18 connector, and a 30x30 garage, both...

Finally got someone to install coax and network cable to all the rooms in my house. Everything terminates in the basement in what will be the AV...

So I decided to due the typical "home renovation thread" slightly differently this time. The project is entirely finished as I write this, just...

So I am making the man cave in the basment, I created a wall that runs the length of the basement about 3 feet away from the foundation for added...

I am going to be starting my basement project in 2 weeks, We are going to drywall the walls and leave the ceiling exposed in the main area. The...