More from Bob Vila (Page 3)

Person wearing yellow gloves cleans the joints of the floor tiles with a brush and powder.
Bathrooms

8 Ways to Clean Stained Grout

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

A white wall with bubbling paint.
DIY

What Causes Paint Bubbling on a Wall—and How You Can Fix It 

By Bob Vila, Updated by Evelyn Auer

Close up view of a table saw blade next to a pair of safety glasses.
DIY

How to Use a Table Saw

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Person uses a putty knife to skim coat over drywall tape.
Interior

How to Repair Bulging Drywall Seams

By Bob Vila

An owl standing in tall grass in a yard.
DIY

4 Ways to Attract Owls to Your Yard—And Why You Should

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

A barefoot woman is cleaning the vinyl plank flooring inside of a living room with a dry mop.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Vinyl Plank Flooring

Updated by Teresa Odle Donna Boyle Schwartz, Bob Vila

A bagworm pupa hangs from a thin tree branch.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Get Rid of Bagworms

By Bob Vila

Bedroom door with old-fashioned hardware cracked open to reveal bed duvet.
DIY

4 Ways to Soundproof a Door That Really Work

By Robert Ferguson, Bob Vila

Woman wearing safety glasses attaches a smoke detector to the wall above a door.
Building & Installing

How to Install a Smoke Detector

By Tom Scalisi, Bob Vila

Woman aerating the garden lawn with a digging fork.
Landscaping

How to Aerate Your Lawn

By Bob Vila

How to Use a Multimeter
DIY

How to Use a Multimeter

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

How to Get Rid of Raccoons
Garden Pests

How to Get Rid of Raccoons in 9 Simple Steps

By Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

A water bug on a white background
DIY

Here’s Exactly How to Get Rid of Water Bugs Once and for All

By Bob Vila, Evelyn Auer

What to Do When You Hear Mice in the Walls
DIY

Here’s What to Do About Mice in the Walls

By Amy Lynch, Bob Vila

A professional kitchen fitter, in the process of completing the kitchen installation, fitting the new mixer Tap.
Building & Installing

How to Replace a Kitchen Faucet

By Theresa Clement, Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

Materials needed to clean baseboards, including dryer sheets and baby wipes, assembled on a hardwood floor.
Cleaning

How to Clean Baseboards

By Bob Vila, Updated by Gretchen Heber

Potted plants outside a window in summer time; grey stucco exterior.
DIY

How to Paint Stucco

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila

Solved! Does Grass Seed Go Bad?
Lawn & Garden

Does Grass Seed Go Bad?

By Alisa Martin, Bob Vila

A person wearing rubber gloves is staining a wooden fence.
Curb Appeal

How to Stain a Fence

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila, Updated by Theresa Clement

Tips for Inspecting and Repairing a Foundation Crack
Exterior

10 Ways to Know Whether You Should Repair a Foundation Crack

By Theresa Clement, Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

How to Drain a Toilet
Bathrooms

How to Drain a Toilet

By Manasa Reddigari, Bob Vila

Woman with long curly hair pushes an orange wheelbarrow down a path in her garden.
DIY

Bob Vila’s 10 “Must Do” Projects for September

By Bob Vila

Pebble rock covering the french drain installed around the home's perimeter.
Lawn & Garden

French Drains 101: How Well-Placed Trenches and Pipes Can Keep Your Property Dry

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila

Woman wearing yellow gloves uses a caulk remover tool to remove caulk from atop a baseboard.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Remove Caulk

By Bob Vila

A young woman wearing a white shirt and a hair bun paints a brick wall white.
DIY

How to Paint Brick, According to a Pro Painter

By Bob Vila, Tony Carrick

The Best Tool Box Options
DIY

The Best Tool Boxes for Weekend DIYers, Tested

By Bob Vila, Tom Scalisi, Glenda Taylor

Woman wearing a plaid shirt and yellow cleaning gloves wipes white kitchen cabinets with a cloth.
Cabinets

How to Remove Grease From Kitchen Cabinets

By Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Donna Boyle Schwartz

Woman smelling something foul from her kitchen sink.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Mildew and Mold Smells

By Bob Vila

How to Use Wood Filler for Repairs
DIY

How to Use Wood Filler to Repair Furniture, Flooring, and More

By Theresa Clement, Bob Vila

A person is repairing a burst pipe in a damaged wall.
DIY

How to Turn Off Water to Your House

By Katelin Hill, Bob Vila

How to Mud Drywall
Building & Installing

How to Mud Drywall

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A spider crawling near someone's bare feet.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Spiders

By Gretchen Heber, Bob Vila

Wood stain and materials needed to stain pressure treated wood.
DIY

How to Stain Pressure-Treated Wood

By Bob Vila

Woman wearing cleaning gloves pours salt through a funnel into a mason jar.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Make Homemade Drain Cleaner

By Bob Vila

Swarm of flying ants on piece of wood in home.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Flying Ants

By Bob Vila, Updated by Paul Rankin

A building inspector is looking at exterior home siding.
Design

Engineered Siding: Everything You Need to Know

By Bob Vila

How to Clean a Porcelain Sink
Bathrooms

How to Clean a Porcelain Sink

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Materials needed to clean wood furniture (including mineral spirits and dish soap) collected on a small wood table.
Cleaning

How to Clean Wood Furniture

By Bob Vila

Close up view of caulk gun caulking a baseboard over painter's tape.
DIY

How to Caulk Baseboards

By Katelin Hill, Bob Vila

A piece of pressure-treated wood, along with the materials needed to prime and paint it.
DIY

How to Paint Pressure-Treated Wood

By Teresa Odle, Bob Vila

PVC pipe and the materials needed to prepare and paint the piping.
DIY

How to Paint PVC Pipe

By Bob Vila

A home generator outside being repaired by someone
Energy & Power

All You Need to Know About Emergency Generators

By Bob Vila

People signing a contract on a table next to two small wooden house models
Building & Installing

Contracting the Contractors

By Bob Vila

Two men installing floor insulation for soundproofing
Flooring

Soundproof Your Floors

By Bob Vila

Mean using a long pole to clean the windows outside a house
Cleaning & Organizing

Going Green and Keeping Clean: Outdoor Edition

By Alyson McNutt English, Bob Vila

An outdoor wood deck looking out across the treetops
Deck, Patio & Porch

Planning Guide: Wood Decks

By Merv Kaufman, Bob Vila

Someone using a roller to paint an exterior wall blue
DIY

Exterior Paint 101

By Bob Vila

A basement filled with furniture and bikes flooded with water
Basements

How To: Dry a Wet Basement

By Maureen Blaney Flietner, Bob Vila

White kitchen with marble effect laminate countertop
Countertops

Buyer’s Guide: Laminate Countertops

By Jean Nayar, Bob Vila

The exterior entrance to a basement leading out to a backyard
Exterior

Add an Entrance to Your Basement

By Bob Vila

Woman in navy polo shirt uses a paint roller to paint a sheet of MDF green.
DIY

How to Paint MDF Furniture and Cabinets

By Jennifer Noonan, Bob Vila

The exterior of a modern home is made of concrete.
Architecture

Should You Consider a Concrete House?

By Maureen Blaney Flietner, Bob Vila

A person wearing a white glove is using a red pipe cutter to cut a copper pipe.
DIY

How to Cut Copper Pipe

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila

A new home's concrete slab foundation is laid in a dirt lot in front of a neighborhood.
Exterior

Concrete, Block, and Slab Foundations

By Bob Vila

A man is inspecting a toilet with the tank lid removed with the intention of repairing it.
Bathrooms

How to Fix a Running Toilet

By Timothy Dale, Bob Vila

how to winterize a sprinkler sprinkler in grass sunset
DIY

How to Winterize a Sprinkler System

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Gretchen Heber

fiber cement siding
Exterior

Fiber Cement Siding 101: What to Know About Cost, Maintenance, and More

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila, Steve Bernstein

add sand to paint
DIY

How To: Mix Sand with Paint for Non-Slip Surfaces

By Bob Vila

A person using a chainsaw in action on a large log.
DIY

How to Use a Chainsaw

By Steffani Cameron, Bob Vila, Updated by Timothy Dale

Hand using scrape to spread grout on beige tiles.
Building & Installing

Sanded vs. Unsanded Grout: Which Should I Use?

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila, Katelin Hill, Updated by Teresa Odle

Two houseplants alongside ingredients needed to make homemade plant food.
DIY

Homemade Plant Food Recipe for Indoor and Outdoor Plants

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Vila

A yellow jacket wasp is resting on a yellow flower with its wings raised.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Wasps and Prevent Future Nests

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila

A close up portrait of a striped chipmunk in a colorful bed of flowers.
DIY

How to Get Rid of Chipmunks

By Andreana Lefton, Bob Vila

Woman with yellow rubber gloves uses a long-handled brush to clean beige vinyl siding on a home.
Cleaning & Organizing

How to Clean Vinyl Siding

By Tony Carrick, Bob Vila