The Family Handyman | Do it Yourself Home Improvement: Home Repair

The next time you are thoroughly cleaning your kitchen, glance under the range hood and check out how dirty and greasy the filter is. Its important to clean your range hood filters every few months maybe more often if you cook frequently.
Whether you have a mesh or steel filter, these five quick steps will make your filters shine. Im always looking for ways to reduce my environmental foot print, and replacing common dish soap with a natural home cleaning product will help keep your filter...

Dont Rout the Sides Before the Ends
If you’re planning to rout the ends as well as one or both sides of a board, rout the two ends first. End grain has a tendency to split out as the bit exits the end of the cut, so if you rout the sides first, the split-out will occur on the previously...

Maximize Your Hammer Power
A hammer isn’t the best tool to pull a nail, but since it’s already in your hand, use it. Ram the claw into the nail shank as close as possible to the wood and rock it sideways. Then repeat the process, pulling the nail about 1/2 in. each time. You develop...

Side Oats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
A resilient warm-season perennial, side oats grama is good for lawns and large spaces. It mixes well with flowering perennials and gets its name from its flowering spikelets and seed heads, which resemble oats....