Good resource site on home improvement/handyman stuff

[Red Squirrel]

I recently bought a house and I want to do lot of work in it myself. I tend to pickup on certain things such as electrical and I'd like to learn more about things like laying tile, building a deck, fixing cracked cement/bricks, and that sort of thing. What is a good site that would show how to do various construction tasks? perhaps something with videos.

Something that has building codes for Canada/Ontario would be even better. I plan to redo my whole basement myself (possibly with some help here and there) and I want to do it right, and do it to code.

 

[mugs]

This Old House (they have books, a magazine, a website, and the show Ask This Old House is pretty informative; the original show is pretty informative too, but Ask This Old House deals with issues that more homeowners would be likely to face)

 

[MustISO]

http://www.diynetwork.com/
http://forum.doityourself.com/

 

[DrPizza]

For each particular task, it's helpful to consult a variety of resources (if you're learning how to do it for the first time.) I had never installed kitchen cabinets before. I must have gone to 10 different sites for sources to help me. Then, on the 11th site, I saw the best way to actually hold the cabinets in place while I worked on them. Incredibly simple, yet it was the first site that showed that technique. I was able to hang the cabinets without a helper, thanks to that site.

Ditto for drywalling. Most just whipped through how to do it, but one site had a video where the guy actually slowed down a LOT and explained the easiest way to tape the corners. He broke it right down to little things like the angle of the blade to the wall & angle of the blade to the corner. Without doing 100 corners myself & getting skilled by experience, I probably jumped over about 50 walls worth of experience, thanks to his video. My corners came out great.

Also, if you post here, there are plenty of people who are willing to help. (Plus the typical bad advice that you'll have to sort through.)

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: MustISO
http://www.diynetwork.com/
http://forum.doityourself.com/

Thanks those look like they have lot of info.

And yeah I will probably be posting stuff here as well as I decide to take on a project. For the main things like washroom and kitchen I'll get the pros to do it, but later on I may start to take on certain tasks myself like adding tiles to the kitchen. (keeping the vinyl floor for now as it's decent condition)

 

[DontMindMe]

Originally posted by: MustISO
http://www.diynetwork.com/
http://forum.doityourself.com/

these are very good resources for information. I have found these sites/forums to be helpful too:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/...st.php?Cat=&Board=UBB3

 

[DontMindMe]

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