renovation

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I'm working on networking our new-old (1995 vintage) house. It has already had some cable drops installed and all in the "wrong" places (well, duh). I looked at MoCA (2 different coax cable sets already in the walls) - $180.00/cable run? - I don't think so. Then I looked at MESH - interesting...

A Malaysian landlord received a rather unpleasant surprise when he went to collect rent from some tenants and found his property had disappeared. All that remained of Zuria Ali's house, which he had inherited from his parents, were 24 concrete pillar holders, a smashed TV and pieces of...

A cat trapped under the floorboards of a renovated house in Somerset survived for five weeks by licking the condensation off water pipes. Twinkle used to be chubby, until she slipped under the floor while workmen fitted a new central heating system in her house. The nine-year-old tabby...

Here is a great tip for replacing a door knob and striker plate, mainly the striker plate. You know how when you put the new striker plate up and the screw holes just don't line up or off just a hair. Use this 1/4 cent part, tooth picks. Yep that's right tooth picks, round preferably. Just...

The AP is reporting that the house made famous by the 1979 film "The Amityville Horror" is Link Removed It's a 5 bedroom Dutch colonial built in 1927, according to the listing. It's 3600 square feet, with 3.5 baths and a detached two car garage. The boat house is especially nice, in our opinion...