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How to Build Inexpensive Basement Storage Shelves
A few years after Jocie and I moved into our home, the unfinished side of the basement looked like a we still hadn’t completely unpacked. Boxes and bin and bags were piled across the floor. There was a...
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How to Replace a Load Bearing Door Header
Contractors can’t always foresee every possible scenario when they bid a job, and they often have to assume that previous tradesmen have done their work appropriately. Unfortunately, that’s not always...
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How to Install a Basement Egress Window
Today’s Pro-Follow is part of a series shadowing professional contractor Joe Bianco and his crews as they remodel an unfinished basement. A necessary part of this remodel is bringing the basement (and...
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How to Install Spray Foam Insulation Video
Editors Note: We produced this video on How to Install Spray Foam Insulation a few years ago, and although we didn’t realize it at the time, this spray foam installation represents our very first...
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How to Detect Mold in Your House with Mold Sniffing Dogs
Welcome back to our latest Pro-Follow update! If you’re a regular reader, you know that Fred and Kim have hired Joe Bianco to finish their basement, and one aspect of this remodel includes permanently...
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How to Install or Replace an Exterior Door
It’s time for another Pro-Follow update! If you’ve been following along, you know that Joe Bianco is in the process of remodeling Fred and Kim’s basement. Last time we left off, Joe brought in Dave and...
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How to Level a Subfloor Before Laying Tile
Tile Subfloor, Thickness, Deflection Installing Electric Radiant Heat Pouring Self Leveling Mortar Leveling (Flattening) the Subfloor Installing Cement Board (CBU) Installing Schluter DITRA Marking...
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How to Install Schluter DITRA Tile Underlayment
Tile Subfloor, Thickness, Deflection Installing Electric Radiant Heat Pouring Self Leveling Mortar Leveling (Flattening) the Subfloor Installing Cement Board (CBU) Installing Schluter DITRA Marking...
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Performing a Professional Home Energy Audit
Recently a friend was having a professional home energy audit performed, and I asked to tag along. I was curious to learn what tools and techniques a professional uses to analyze the efficiency of a...
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How to Build a Basement Home Theater in a Non-Dedicated Space
We recently upgraded the TV area of our basement family game room from an 85″ Sony 4K TV with a 5.1 surround sound system to a projector and 142″ screen with a 6.1.4 Dolby Atmos system. This project...
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