PS Home Help

Tackling home improvement projects yourself can help you save money, but only if you avoid costly mistakes like these:

Trying to do it ALL yourself. Whether to tackle a project yourself or hire a professional depends largely on your skill set and experience with the type of project at hand. Plenty of projects look easier than they really are. With your home value in mind, carefully weigh the pros and cons of DIY versus bringing in the pros prior to taking on a home renovation.

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When screens on window and door are torn, they allow pests into your home when they are left open. When they’re sagging or rusty, they look terrible and darken rooms. Fortunately, most screens are easy to remove and replace. Most the fames these days are metal and the screen are fiberglass, or vinyl.

1. You want to use a flat head screw driver to remove the spline that holds the screen in place.

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It’s a typical scenario you’re sitting down stairs watching the TV or reading a book, and then you hear a loud bag from upstairs. Startled, you run upstairs to see what is going on, and you see your kid’s leg, arm or head sticking from the wall. After all the dust clears, you make sure that everyone is alright, and the proper punishments are divvied out, it’s time to fix the gaping hole that is left in your wall.

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Mudding drywall can be a grueling task. Taping the seams of the dry wall can be fairly straight forward, its those pesky inside and outside corners that can be a pain. Here we are going to learn to mud inside and outside drywall corners with a professional touch.

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