Tag: house
Landscaping a front garden
After I completed the paver installation in 2013 ( LINK ), it was time to finish the rest of the front landscaping. As always, I am not a contractor; there may be better ways to do this. Also very important, call your local utilities and have…
Repairing a drywall anchor hole
This is what happens when you use cheap drywall anchors – they will spin in the drywall and create a gaping hole. To solve this, TOGGLER makes an anchor kit specifically for hollow areas – you can purchase this at most hardware stores. In my…
Installing an electrical panel plywood “backer”
The builder didn’t provide anything to mount accessories around the electrical panel. Most builders (obviously not all) give a plywood surface to mount the phone demarcation point and satellite/cable lines. Since organization makes life easier, …a plywood panel needed to be installed. This was a…
Installing a LCD screen mount with no stud anchors
If you need to install an LCD screen in an area that doesn’t have studs accessible to anchor the mount(s), then this post should help you out. There are two windows (on each side) where the LCD mount needed to be installed. The mount being…
How to install a fridge water line
Our fridge has an automatic ice maker and a filtered water dispenser. Having done this before, I wanted to make this install as CLEAN as possible. So the steps involved are: Buy an ice-maker/water-line kit from your local hardware store and pick a spot behind…
