Category Archives: Home Improvement

How to Start a Goldfish Tank

 In order for you to easily preserve and manage your goldfish tank, you must make sure that you setup the tank correctly. Goldfish, which falls under species known as the Carassius auratus, is quite a common pet to be found in any household today. Although there are varieties of goldfish that you can find in ...

How to Make Homemade Electric Windmills

Nowadays, people tend to care more about their environment and try to look for new sources of alternative energy which is more natural. One of the sources is the wind power which can be produced by an electric windmill. You can even make your very own homemade electric windmill, which is suitable for supplying energy ...

How to Pull a Windmill Pump

 Ever since it has been introduced to mankind windmills has been used for many purposes that include for milling, energy production and for pumping water into your homes, businesses and also for usage in the farms. For windmills that are being used for pumping water, you would be able to see them normally on ranches ...

Types and Sizes of Extension Cord Conductors

 Extension cord is a common item to have in any household because it is used for plugging in a fan located on the other side of a room or even used to power your electric drill. Most of us do not know why sometimes their drill does not work whenever they use the wrong. Therefore, ...

How to Hook Up a Dryer Wire & Socket

 If you have modern electric clothes dryers, you need to hook it up to at least a 240 volt circuit that has a four-prong electrical cable. If you are a beginner, you should do some research on 240-volt appliances and try to be precise in your research especially on the type of dryer that you ...

How to Clean Brass Bathroom Fixtures

 Brass bathroom fixtures usually add more class even to a simple bathroom through its gold-like demeanor design. However, over time the fixtures can become tarnished thus making it difficult for you to clean them. Brass materials can be tarnished easily when it is exposed to the air. Therefore, it usually has a layer of lacquer ...

How to Paint Brass Plated Light Fixtures

You will find that most of the brass plated light fixtures are not made from pure solid brass instead it is made of brass-plated steel or iron. In order for you to check whether your light fixture is made of solid brass or only brass plated, you can use a magnet. The magnet will not ...

Modern Living Room Furniture Ideas

In some regions of the world, antique furniture just doesn't work anymore. Not just antique furniture, but antique designs or designs that lead up to a decade ago might not be the preference of many people, which is where modern living room furniture comes in. A lot of people, especially today's people, seem to appreciate ...

How to Decorate Old Furniture

If your house has lots of old furniture and you feel bored in seeing the same old design that already becomes dull and worn out in terms of its colors, you can always do something to bring the old furniture back into life. Some of ways that you can apply to the old furniture is ...

How to Repair Scratches on a Leather Couch

Leather couches form part of a must accessory that will take your place, be it an office or home, to a whole new level of class and respect. As we all know, leather couches do not come cheap. This could be as these types of couches come with leather and of course, class that cannot ...

How to Repair a Rip in a Leather Couch

Leather couches are expensive furniture and each one of us will try naturally to keep the couch in good condition. Apart from that, it also provides a nice look to your living room and also able to add warmth environment and the much needed elegance to any room within your house. Leather couches define a ...

How to Clean Brass Outdoor Lights

 Brass outdoor lights normally come with a gold-colored metal alloy that is made of a combination of copper and zinc. Over time your brass product can be tarnished, turns into black color and dull due to its exposure to water, oxygen and also weather elements. Your brass outdoor lights can be restored just by using ...

How to Get Rid of Jumping Spiders

The Jumping spiders are given this name because the species always jump onto their targeted prey before they start to envenom their prey. In Latin country, the species are also known as Salticidae and it has the ability to jump as high as 5 inches. The Jumping spider has large eyes that come with variety ...

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