How To – How Deep Should You Plant Tray Pack Vegetables?

When you are growing your garden one of the easiest ways to get a jump on spring is to grow your own seedlings or purchase them from the store.

Usually you can pick up a pack of 6 vegetables in a plastic divider tray and bring them home for quick planting. Plants of this type are available in a wide variety from Tomatoes and Peppers to squash, water melon and lettuces.

But what is the best …

HowTo – Cleaning Rain Gutters

Throughout the year gutters have the potential to get clogged with different types of materials usually tree leafs, seeds and pine needles… however there is always a possibility of a bird or bees building a hive or just random debris that end-up clogging your gutters and possibly causing water damage to your home.

The importance of cleaning your gutters is to make sure that rain water is collected and diverted away from your foundation but …

How To – Picking The Right Interior Room Paint

Picking the right color for your home’s interior is no joking matter. Although painting the average size room can cost as little as $100 to $300 the choice you make will have a lot to do with how you feel in your surroundings.

Color Science has become a technical trade used in many different design related fields. Car manufacturers take months and years of research to develop as few as 10 colors that will attract …

How To – Diagnosing A Clunking Sound Heard While Driving

One of the most common first indications of a problem with your car is a Clunking Sound heard while driving. The real problem is finding where is the clunking is coming from and what parts need to be replaced or repaired to cure it.

Seriously though if you are the primary driver of your vehicle changed in the way the car is performing including changes in sounds and felt vibrations can be an indication that …

How To – Flushing And Changing Power Steering Fluid

Changing Power Steering Fluid
Just like your cars engine and transmission the power steering system on your car needs to have its fluid checked regularly and changed for best operation.

Normally there won’t be a filter that needs to be replaced but flushing out the system can be a difficult process depending on your cars location of the pump.

There are a variety of different types of Power Steering Fluid so do not just grab a bottle …

How To – How To Tell If Your Engines Coil Is Bad

Your car’s electrical system is complex but by following simple diagnostic steps you can tell what parts are bad and need replacing.

In order to ignite the fuel air mixture in your engine’s combustion cylinders you need a high voltage spark. Your car’s battery and charging system can only output from 10 to 15 volts of DC Current but by using a coil you can take the high amperage but low voltage of your electrical …

How To – Picking And Installing A Home Beer Dispenser

If you like to drink a lot then maybe you shouldn’t be reading this … heh …

Beer dispensers are the primary way to get beverages into customers hands at restaurants and bars but what if you like to entertain at home?

By installing your own Keg of beer in a custom refrigerator dispenser you will always have beer on tap and you should save a lot of money.


Picking the right Unit…

HowTo – Inspecting & Repairing Drum Brake Wheel Cylinders

Most vehicles up until about 1970 had drum brakes on all four wheels after that time and up to today you are likely to see drum brakes on the rear of many vehicles and disk brakes on the front.

Drum brakes work when hydrolic brake fluid is forced through your brake lines from your master cylinder to the wheel cylinders that force brake shoe pads out and against the surface of the brake drum.

Although they …

How To – An Honest Look At Solar Elelctric And Hotwater Systems For Average Home Owners

There is news today that General Electric will be closing down their solar PV Electric Plant in the State of Delaware and it seems like a good time to go over how Solar Technologies can be put to use in our homes.

This is not in hopes of saving the company because they have been mismanaged to the point of failure and we will cover that in this howto but it is to explain how …

Buying Guide – Universal Remotes Basic And Advanced

Universal Remotes were first put into production to allow for the replacement of a Remote Control for your Single Home Television or Other Media Device.  Their setup was relatively easy and required that you press a setup and enter the code for your manufacturer and model to program the remote to control your device.

Since that time many homes have added devices such as Cable an Dish TV boxes,  DVD and Video Tape Players, DVRs …

Think You Are Having Trouble? Suburban Chicago Home Won’t Sell For $1

The village of Barrington, Illinois put three homes up for sale for just $1 each, but wasn’t able to get a buyer.

“Even if you’re offering a house for a dollar, sometimes all those logistics can make it difficult, especially in this market,” says Lisa DiChiera of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.

Yes its hard to go into a local bank and fill out all the paper work for a 30 year loan on a …

How To – Changing Spark Plug Wires

Maintaining your car is not always difficult or expensive but repairing problems once they happen can cause headaches and eat into your spending money. For this reason you should perform routine maintenance as your manufacturer suggests and while doing so you may want to change other worn parts that are easily accessible.

Many new vehicles do not use standard spark plugs anymore but if your car is more then a few years old it is …