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You don’t fully appreciate your water heater until it stops working. Without one, you’re taking cold showers and washing your clothes and dishes with cold water. If you’re in need of a new water heater, you have numerous designs, brands, and more to choose from. Compare Top Water Heaters Best Controls: Stiebel Eltron Electric Tankless Water Heater Best Gas Tankless Heater: Rinnai Gas Tankless Hot Water Heater Best Point-of-Use Heater: Bosch Electric Mini-Tank Water Heater Best Electric Tankless Heater: EcoSmart Electric Tankless Water Heater Best Portable Heater: GASLAND Portable Gas Water Heater Best Controls: Stiebel Eltron Electric Tankless Water Heater Pros and Cons ✔ Has an electric, tankless water heater design✔ Operates with a maximum flow rate of five gallons per minute (GPM)✔ Comes with a seven-year leak warranty and three-year parts warranty...

Top 6 Air Mattresses Fastest Inflation Time: EnerPlex Queen Air Mattress Best Headboard: Intex Pillow Top Bed Air Mattress With Headboard Best Entry-Level: InnoTruth Air Mattress Best Pump: Serta Raised Air Mattress With Never-Flat Pump Best For Cars: SAYGOGO SUV Air Mattress Most Versatile: SLEEPLUX Inflatable Air Mattress Fastest Inflation Time: EnerPlex Queen Air Mattress Pros and Cons ✔ Made with puncture-resistant PVC✔ Has a non-skid bottom✔ Can be purchased in several sizes...

Toolboxes are an alternative storage method to tool chests or pegboards. They either have wheels or handles, allowing you to take them with you from project to project. However, toolboxes can vary in terms of durability, storage capacity, organization, security, and other factors, making it difficult to know which one will best suit your needs. Top 6 Toolboxes Best Toolbox With Wheels: DEWALT DWST17820 Toolbox With Wheels Best for Large Tools: DEWALT DWST08204 Toolbox Best Portable Steel Toolbox: GEARWRENCH 83151 3-Drawer Steel Toolbox Best Drawer Storage: Craftsman 1000 5-Drawer Steel Toolbox Storage Chest Most Lightweight: Akro-Mils ProBox Plastic Toolbox Best Multi-Purpose: Stalwart Heavy-Duty Rolling Toolbox Best Toolbox With Wheels: DEWALT DWST17820 Toolbox With Wheels This DEWALT DWST17820 toolbox is designed to be wheeled instead of carried....

Here are a few of the features you’ll find in the WhisperHood IAQ: • Innovative capture efficiency plate What’s Capture Efficiency? We’re glad you asked. The capture efficiency is a measurement of a kitchen range hood’s ability to remove contaminants generated while cooking; it’s one of the most important performance measures for a good kitchen range hood design. The WhisperHood IAQ features an innovative Capture Efficiency Plate that helps trap and eliminate contaminated air at the source....

We’ve all been taught that it’s what’s on the inside that counts; but when it comes to your home, the outside is certainly just as important. A drab exterior can make you cringe every time you approach the front door, while a handsome, thoughtfully designed one can turn the experience into a true pleasure. The good news is that you don’t have to spend a bundle to enjoy a happy trip up your walkway....

Making a Connection A metal roof and board-and-batten siding painted in gunmetal gray signal this more casual, family-friendly part of the house. Kids ready to start their homework can follow stairs just inside the doorway from the mudroom directly up to a row of convertible desks under wide windows, or drop the day’s dirty clothes in the second-floor laundry room.ENGINEERED WOOD SIDING: LP SmartSide WINDOWS & DOORS: Sierra Pacific Windows SKYLIGHTS: VELUX EXTERIOR PAINT: Benjamin Moore’s Gunmetal LANDSCAPING: Ascape Landscape & Construction Corp PAVERS: Unilock PAVER JOINTING MORTAR: Joint-It-Simple GARAGE DOORS: Fimbel Architectural Door Specialties...

Kids will pass the time in nearly any backyard for a little while. Add a tree fort and you introduce an element of adventure that will keep them playing until the streetlights flicker on. That’s how Kevin O’Connor, host of This Old House, remembers his childhood. And it’s why he took charge of building a fort for Katherine and Murat Bicer, the owners of 2015’s project house in Belmont, Massachusetts....

Steps: Project details Skill Cost Estimated Time Tools & Materials Handsaw Flat trowel Cut the wooden dowel into three, 16” pieces using the handsaw. Mix the concrete in the five-gallon bucket until it’s the consistency of oatmeal. Use the other bucket to slowly add water. Be careful not to add too much water. Place the three legs in the center of the concrete bucket all equidistant from one another. Let the concrete cure for 24 hours....

Steps: Begin with a tree in a container and find the face and the front that you want to celebrate. The bonsai height should be about six times the size of the trunk. Take the top off of the tree with the concave cutter. Pluck the needles off the branches to make room for wiring. Prune out smaller branches to give the tree more shape. Use thick bonsai wire to anchor the tree to the soil and then wrap the trunk to the top....

Steps for connecting multiple wireless light switches: Start by shutting off the power at the main breaker. Remove the switch cover and remove the old switch. Both the cover and the wires can be loosened with a screwdriver. Connect the hot, neutral, and ground wires on the smart switch with the wires in the wall using some wire nuts. Push the switch back into the wall and secure the cover plate over it with the screwdriver....

Taping off a pattern to paint on the wall can run the gamut from ultra-easy (say, big, wide stripes) to mind-boggling (honeycomb hexagons, anyone?). Here’s a design that looks complex but is a cinch to create, since it’s completely free-form and demands no measuring. The only must: keeping the tape taut and straight to make crisp rectilinear shapes. Designer Sarah Richardson came up with the whimsical accent wall for a bedroom in her family’s mid-century house....

With his family moved to safety, Paradise native Luke Bellefeuille stayed behind for a few more hours on the day of the Camp Fire, to see if he could save their home. He captured this photo of their house, which they’d moved into less than a year earlier, before it was engulfed in flames. “The most off-base calls we get from journalists are the ones about ‘Paradise Lost,’ ” says Colette Curtis, now assistant to the town manager....

Previous episode: S21 E10 | Next episode: S21 E12 In this episode: Painting expert Mauro Henrique, master electrician Heath Eastman, and carpenter Nathan Gilbert take us on a house call to help a homeowner with babyproofing their home. The three get to work testing for lead paint, installing safer outlets, and mounting gates and latches to keep baby Jack safe as he grows. Next, we meet landscape contractor Jenn Nawada and a plant expert at a local nursery to discuss house plants and how to care for them....

Strongest Hold: EZlifego Double-Sided Tape Made of an acrylic and gel hybrid material, this nearly 10-foot roll of double-sided tape is a practical way to adhere various items with ease. Potential applications include hanging lightweight shelves, picture frames, posters, paintings, and more. Key Features One 9.85-foot roll Cuttable design Transparent color Meant for smooth surfaces What Customers Are Saying Happy customers used this double-sided tape indoors and outdoors. They valued the strength, tackiness, and durability that this roll of tape offered....

Top 5 Futons Best Wood Frame: Kodiak Furniture Phoenix Futon Set Best Bunk Futon: DHP Twin-Over-Futon Convertible Couch and Bed Best Loveseat: Novogratz Leyla Loveseat Best Design: Novogratz Brittany Sofa Futon Best Value: JUMMICO Futon Sofa Bed Best Wood Frame: Kodiak Furniture Phoenix Futon Set Pros and Cons ✔ Made with 100% polyester✔ Has an innerspring mattress✔ Can be positioned in sit, lounge or sleep positions✘ Has a higher price point than other futons on the market ✘ May not be the best option for small spaces...

When it’s hot outside, there’s nothing better than a quick dip or extended soak in that big blue backyard tub of water known as a pool. But it’s not always sunshine and drink sipping out there. In addition to the routine filtering, chemical monitoring, and occasional frog skimming, you have to address the fact that a pool’s underwater surfaces deteriorate over time. Cracks invariably appear they can be caused by a chemical imbalance or by UV rays, or even by slight shifts in the soil beneath the pool....

If you’re headed to southern California to break into the movies or you’re leaving for somewhere with lower rent prices, you’ll need a Los Angeles moving company that will take excellent care of your belongings and make sure they show up on time to your new destination. The This Old House Reviews Team compared seven moving companies in Los Angeles on services, benefits, and pricing to help you find the best moving company for your move....

Home technology expert Ross Trethewey tells us about how he became an engineer. While growing up under the wings of his grandfather and father, Ross learned what the plumbing trade entailed. But, he was always more interested in the future of plumbing and heating, leading him to a degree in mechanical engineering and a role on the This Old House team. Ross Trethewey has This Old House in his blood. His grandfather first appeared on the show in 1979 before his father, Richard Trethewey, began to make regular appearances shortly after....

You don’t need to have a house in the country that relies on firewood for winter heating to realize just how convenient having access to dry hardwood kindling is. Even those who occasionally ignite logs in a fireplace or outside in the firepit or pizza oven understand how easy it is to get things going with just a short walk to the wood pile instead of driving to the hardware store for a bag of logs (again)....

Whether summers are really getting hotter or we’ve lost our tolerance for heat as we grow older, lots of us are tempted to yank out noisy, dripping window air conditioners and replace them with quiet, efficient whole-house central-air-conditioning systems. But we don’t take the idea any further. Those of you with forced-air furnace ducts in place worry that modifying the heating system will be costly and result in inefficiency. And if you don’t have ducts, you can’t imagine how they’re going to be added without destroying the house and costing a bundle....