One Beer Projects: Staining Your Fence

Grab a bottle (or can) of your favorite brew and learn how fix some common problems with wood surfaces — like when you forgot and left your beer sitting on your nightstand too long.  We’re not promising that you’ll be able to repair peeled-up stain, but we will walk you through some ways to remove white rings, stick down bubbling [...]

Grab a bottle (or can) of your favorite brew and learn how troubleshoot and fix most of the simple problems with your clothes dryer.  We’ll walk you through how to figure out what’s wrong, which is ninety percent of the battle in making it right.  Relax — it’s a lot easier than you think it [...]

Grab a bottle (or can) of your favorite brew and learn how to put your motorcycle away for the winter — or stick it in a storage unit for a few years — without screwing it up.  We’ll talk you through the whole process, including retrieving it next spring.  (Podcast Download)

After a short break, we’re back with more weekly one-beer-easy projects.  So grab a bottle (or can) of your favorite brew and learn how to remove those ugly emblems from your truck.  Start with the ones the dealer adds.  They’re not paying you for advertising, right?  We’ll talk you through the whole process.  (Podcast [...]

Grab a beer and learn how to stain your fence.  A properly-stained fence not only looks nice, it also lasts much longer.  We’ll talk you through the whole process.  (Podcast Download)

Grab a beer (OK, maybe a couple) and learn how to do your own brake job and save a ton of cash.  It’ll take longer than most of our projects, but look at it this way: you can build yourself a small bar for what you’ll save.  We’ll talk you through finding the parts and [...]

Grab a beer and learn how to balance your A/C for the summertime, cooling down those warm room and warming up the cold ones.  It’s much easier than it sounds, and you can totally do it yourself; we’ll talk you through mapping your system, installing gates, and smoothing out kinks.  (Podcast Download)

Grab a beer and learn how to replace standard switches with dimmers — a great way to “set the mood” without breaking the bank.  We’ll talk you through identifying the type of dimmer you’ll need and installing it.  (Podcast Download)

Grab a beer and learn how to fix your clogged, running, leaking, or otherwise jacked-up toilet.  We’ll talk you through identifying the problem and fixing it — and knowing when to quit and call in the pros.  (Podcast Download)

Grab a beer and learn how to select and install pegboard in your shop.  We’ll talk you though finding ‘board stout enough to hold your tools and help you avoid some of the common mistakes in tacking it up.  (Podcast Download)