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 and Busi­ness Fire Protec­tion
  Fire­break Canada Corp. are special­ists in the design and manu­fac­ture of fire detec­tion and struc­ture protec­tion systems. Providing a range of reli­able self contained solu­tions for the detec­tion of approaching fires, the wire­less noti­fi­ca­tion of authoritie
• 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!
• DIY Pest Control
  Infor­ma­tion and prod­ucts for under­standing and control­ling the pest around your property.
• 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
• 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.
• McGills Warehouse-Saw Blades
  The best selec­tion and prices on saw blades. They also offer a wide range of hard­ware prod­ucts, art and craft supplies, stained glass supplies, high temper­a­ture prod­ucts, and safety products.
• 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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