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5 Fast Lighting Upgrades: DIY Guy Under-cabinet task lighting... Recessed light fixture... Motion-sensor floodlight... Sconce lighting... Landscape pathway lights... |
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Installing a Ceiling Fan A step-by-step guide to putting in a versatile and stylish fixture |
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Light Up Your Kitchen Two easy ways to shed light on the hub of your home... |
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Light Up Your Kitchen Two easy ways to shed light on the hub of your home... |
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Future-Proofing for Your Home with Carlon Resi-Gard Installing raceways throughout the house provides the opportunity to easily remove the outdated cable and replace it with new cable without tearing up the walls. |
Popular Mechanics
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The Internet Kitchen: Expand Counter Space for Plugs, TV & More Suggestions on how to make your home more digital friendly. |
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November 2007
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Hide Your Home Theater Gear: DIY Weekend Tech Project The flat-panel television has changed our expectations of what a home theater looks like. |
This Old House
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Clear Any Clogged Drain Armed with the right tools and techniques, you can easily unplug stopped-up drains. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006
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Wire It Yourself Carving holes in walls may seem like a no-no, but it's the only way to run (and hide) Ethernet, television cables, and even extra power jacks. Here's how. |
Popular Mechanics
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How to Ditch Wi-Fi for a High-Speed, Ethernet-Wired Home It turns out that nothing beats a hard-wired connection for setup simplicity, reliability and speed. |
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Installing a Bathroom Vent Fan It's the best way to expel moisture-laden air and odors -- and we have step-by-step instructions for adding one. |
This Old House
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Fan Appreciation A step-by-step guide to installing a ceiling fan with light. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2005
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Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Installing electrical boxes in existing spaces... Calculating square footage of a roof... Electric- or battery-operated sump pump?... Finding electrical switches for old houses... Re-routing dryer vents... Plus: subcompact garden tractors... Masking tape as a clamp... etc. |
Home Toys
June 2004
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Modulating on Digital Cable Systems Even though digital cable may present interesting challenges, it is still possible to distribute video sources like security cameras around the house using a video modulator and the existing cable TV wiring. |
This Old House
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Installing Recessed Lights How to add or update an elegant new fixture |
This Old House
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Installing Landscape Lighting A step-by-step guide to illuminating a walkway. |
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From the Ground Up: Electrical Wiring Setting up an electrical system for maximum safety and convenience is the job for a professional. |
PC World
April 2004
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Conquer Multimedia-Center Cable Clutter Five steps to an orderly home theater and media center. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Jesse Riling & Jeff Wolfgang |
Computer Cable Store The basic steps to installing your own basic wired home network using cabling and hardware. |
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July 2002
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Speaking of Wire . . . Inside tips from the pros can save you hundreds of dollars in speaker-wire installation costs. |
U.S. CPSC
June 18, 2003 |
CPSC, ESFI Warn Consumers About Electrical Hazards In The Home "Inspect and Protect!" campaign encourages homeowners to safeguard homes |
Popular Mechanics
January 19, 2010
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11 Shocking Home Electrical Safety Tips Firefighters recommend that if you have any doubt about fighting a fire, you're best bet is to get out of the house as quickly as possible. |
U.S. CPSC
June 10, 2008 |
Progress Lighting Recalls Ceiling-Mounted Indoor Light Fixtures; Lights Can Fall Posing an Impact Hazard A cable that supports the light fixture from the ceiling can fail, causing the fixture to fall and injure nearby consumers. |
Home Toys
August 2002
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Lightning and Electronics Home Control Systems Specifically The best way to protect the home is to protect the main inputs to the wiring distribution center for each incoming feed, i.e. cable TV, ethernet, each phone line, and the electrical system for the entire home, by tying them to a true ground and/or through a surge protection system. |
Home Toys
August 2003
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The Structured Channeling Manifesto Structured channeling prepares you for the future and allows you to install new technologies wherever you want. By embracing structured channeling, you not only meet today's needs, but tomorrow's as well. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2007 |
Drywall Made Simple: Buy, Install and Finish in 13 Easy Steps While there is no such thing as a perfect building material, drywall comes pretty close. |
Home Toys
February 2003
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Home Wiring: What Should You Do? As you may realize, preparing your home for technology requires some thought and planning. Take a little time now to layout your plans according to your needs and lifestyle, and you will save yourself headaches as technology changes. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2007 |
5 Simple Steps to a New Light Switch in 10 Minutes With a few specific tools, you can handle the job even if you've never done basic electrical work. Here's how it's done. |
PC Magazine
November 28, 2007
Loyd Case |
Cable Access How to get internet access from the first floor of your home to the second. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Seth Porges |
Brand-Name HDMI Cables: Are They Worth It? Do brand-name cables really deliver a better picture? To find out, we pit two of them against a cheap generic cord in a blind test. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Becker & Lego |
Homeowner's Clinic How to tackle termites in your home... How to maximize protection on your roof deck... Building a cellar door for a recessed basement entry... How to make electrical rewiring more affordable... Fix cabinet doors... etc. |
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July 1, 2008 |
Most CableCARDs End Up in Boxes Most CableCARDs are deployed not in cable ready sets but in cable boxes. |
National Gardening
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Light Up Your Landscape Low-voltage lighting is a relatively economical way to transform the nighttime garden |
This Old House
Curtis Rist |
Two Good Reasons You Should Buy Fiber-Optic Lighting Fiber-optic lighting can save energy and mean the end of hard-to-change light bulbs. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Eugene Kowch |
Why is There a Need for an Electrical Design? An electrical design will gather all switching requirements for the home. Determine what level of control is acceptable and propose an electrical control system to meet these needs. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Sticky doors... Good idea to remove snow from a ridge vent... Skylights more energy efficient than you think... Installing a water-channeling system beneath a deck... Home heartbeat... Nailmaster... Ready to roll... GE Silicone... etc. |
This Old House
Steve Hayes |
Future-proof Wiring Feeding your home's ever-growing need for information-carrying capacity... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2010 |
6 DIY Home Mysteries Solved: Homeowner's Clinic Problems such as smoky fireplaces and dripping faucets are solved here. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006 |
Upgrading Your Optical Drive: A Simple Procedure Most optical drives have only a power cable and a data cable, both of which should be easy enough to disconnect and then attach to the new drive. |
This Old House
Josh Garskof |
Shocking Truths The top 10 wiring problems and what to do about them |
BusinessWeek
June 18, 2007
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Unchained From The Cable Box The FCC is breaking the cable hold on set-top boxes and letting rivals step in. |
Home Theater
February 12, 2010
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Online Onslaught Overstated Only a small minority of U.S. households considering canceling cable or satellite service. |
The Motley Fool
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David Lee Smith |
Could Cable Get Boxed In? New FCC mandates could ultimately hurt the cable multisystems operators. The commission wants consumers to be able to purchase their own set-top boxes, theoretically to reduce the MSOs' control over the entire subscription process. Investors, take note. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Jonathan Yodis |
Home Theater Solutions for the 21st Century Say goodbye to expensive and time-consuming in-wall installations, in favor of high performance, invisible Audio & Video wiring solutions. |
This Old House
Merle Henkenius |
Fixing a Squeaky Floor Squeaky floors driving you crazy? These easy, surefire fixes will quiet noisy hardwood and carpeted floors. |
This Old House
Tim Snyder |
Adding a Second Phone Line Upgrade a phone system without shelling out big bucks to the phone company |
This Old House
Tim Snyder |
Give Your Feet a Treat This electric floor-heating system is relatively easy to install, won't leak, and doesn't cost a lot to operate. It can be installed wherever warm floors are appreciated, especially in bathrooms, mudrooms and kitchens. |
This Old House
Duo Dickinson |
Clothes Encounters Here are a handful of ideas that can improve the function of any closet, regardless of its size or what items you stow in it. |
