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Here are some of my trusted sources, for useful infor­ma­tion on DIY prod­ucts, sustain­able mate­rials, and easy to use online project plan­ning. If you don’t find what you need here, just ask your DIY Consul­tant.

DIY Resources

• Appli­ance 411
  The repair section of Appli­ance 411 tells you what you need to know to purchase parts for your major home appli­ances. It walks you through step by step to find the infor­ma­tion and parts you need to complete your DIY repair project. There’s a glos­sary of t
• Appli­ance Aid
  Provides basic infor­ma­tion about your home appli­ances. If you need help finding a serial number, model year, or part number this is the place for answers.
• Chimney Sweep
  This is a great infor­ma­tion source, as well as a buying guide, on wood stoves, gas stoves, cook­stoves, fire­places, stove pipe, parts, and barbecues.
• Coastal Tool
  Coastal tool carries a wide selec­tion of excel­lent DIY power tools, and acces­sories at great prices. Their customer service and ship­ping is second to none.
• Concrete Network
  The Concrete Network offers just about any infor­ma­tion you could possibly need about concrete placing, repairing and finishing. They also offer a number of design tools and ideas, as well as a concrete calcu­lator for expert plan­ning. There are sections on
• Craftsman Tools
  Most of my hand tools are purchased from Sears because of the Craftsman, no ques­tions asked, life­time replace­ment guar­antee. So, if you break, wear out or damage a tool, it can be replaced free at any Sears store. Sure there are cheaper tools avail­able bu
• D & W Inc.
  A fantastic source for dryer vents, floor regis­ters, sani­tubes, RV heating ducts, expanded metal, clamps, mirror tape, return air grills, diamond plate rubber flooring, aluminum flex, flex­ible heat ducting and more.
• DIY Home Inspec­tion Check List
  If you are preparing to buy a home or condo, this site will provide you with the infor­ma­tion you need, to confi­dently carry out a home inspec­tion or know what infor­ma­tion your home inspector should be providing to you. Don’t buy without it!
• Earth4Energy Solar Power
  If you’re inter­ested in learning exactly how to generate power and reduce your bill then this is the perfect resource for you! With the ever increasing costs of living, there is no better time than right now to stop throwing money out the window and start
• Find Any Floor
  No matter what type of floor you’re inter­ested in, this site covers them all. Some of the floor types covered are area rugs, bamboo, carpet, concrete, cork, foam, hard­wood, lami­nate, linoleum, rubber, stone, tile, and vinyl. They also offer flooring video
• Fine Home Building
  Fine Home Building provides an excel­lent source of home plan­ning and building information.
• Fine Wood­working
  If you’re inter­ested in building or refin­ishing fine furni­ture and other DIY home projects then this is the place to visit. They offer infor­ma­tion on various mate­rials, tools, designs, tech­niques, videos, and work­shop ideas.
• House Needs
  A complete source of infor­ma­tion on radiant heat, PEX tubing, gas space heaters, elec­tric heaters, boilers, radi­a­tors, solar, heating supplies, HVAC, fan convec­tors, unit heaters, plumbing supplies, tank­less water heaters, stan­dard water heaters, vent pip
• Icovia Space Planner
  The perfect site to layout and design any room for your next DIY home remodel or upgrade, and it’s absolutely free.
• Insu­la­tion 4 less
  The best source for radiant barrier insu­la­tion and acces­sories. If you have a DIY insu­la­tion project in the plan­ning phase then you need to check out this highly effec­tive, easy to install, and envi­ron­mental friendly product. Don’t skip this site.
• Metrinch Socket/Wrench Set
  This socket and wrench set is the last one you’ll prob­ably ever buy. First off, the sockets and wrenches both grip the flat sides of the nuts and bolts instead of the corners. So, no more strip­ping nuts or bolts. Second, since they grip on the flat sides,
• Mounts and More
  If you have a need to mount a TV or projec­tion unit, then this is the place for you. Mounts and More offers TV mounts, and projec­tion mounts of all types. They also offer AV carts, cables, and accessories.
• Rockler Wood­working Tools & Hard­ware
  Offering all types of hard­ware, such as hinges, knobs & pulls, drawer sides, and fasteners. Also a nice selec­tion of power and hand tools, including router bits and tables. Oh, and some of the best clamps around. Check out the All-in-One clamp. Plus i
• Saniflo
  Do you want to put a bath­room where conven­tional plumbing makes it diffi­cult or even impos­sible? Then Saniflo’s unique macer­ating system can help you make the impos­sible, possible. Saniflo allows you to install a bath­room in a base­ment, under the stairs,
• Solatube
  The inno­v­a­tive way to add light to living rooms, kitchens, closets, bath­rooms, as well as any other room in your home.
• Stair­case Calcu­lator
  An easy to use tool for calcu­lating just about any stair­case configuration.
• Strata Stones
  For a one of a kind coun­tertop, bath­room, or shower check out StrataStone’s uniquely hand-crafted natural pebble and flat stones tiles. They come directly from the beau­tiful island of Bali, in Indonesia. Each pebble tile includes approx­i­mately sixty hand
• This Old House
  Knowl­edge, tech­niques, videos, and assis­tance from some of the most trusted and best in the busi­ness. Thanks Guys!
• Water Filters
  If you’re looking for infor­ma­tion or parts for water treat­ment systems, drinking water filters, point of use systems, specialty systems, or commer­cial water systems they have you covered. Plus they carry a complete selec­tion of air puri­fiers and replaceme

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