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Flooring – Reduce Labor Costs & Do The Prep Work Yourself

My husband and I are currently in the midst of getting new flooring installed in our home. We bought a home which is around 30 years old and some of the carpets were still the original ones from when the home was first built. Needless to say it was time for a change.

We decided to install vinyl flooring in our kitchen, laundry room and dining room. We saved quite a bit of money by doing the majority of the prep work ourselves. This involved pulling the two old layers of linoleum off of the subfloor and then scraping the remnants along with the adhesive off of the plywood subfloor. This was not a pleasant experience, but we saved ourselves about $50 per hour by not paying someone else to do it.

When it came time to install the vinyl, we hired a local professional to take care of it. We were very happy with the results and we are planning on hiring him again to do the rest of the upstairs.

August 21, 2014

Household

Home Improvement Coupons And DIY Culture – Five Reasons To Use Online Coupon Codes

Who doesn’t love a little DIY project? Doing a little work around the house has always been a popular pastime, but with the rise of the internet and reality shows, it’s just taken off! So what could make this popular pastime even better?

ONLINE COUPONS!

When it comes to the world of online shopping and DIY, nothing greases the wheels quite like some great coupon and promo codes from ChameleonJohn.

Here are five reasons that home improvement and home improvement coupons are the latest breakthrough in DIY home improvement.

TV GLORY: If you grew up in or were otherwise in tune with pop culture in the 1990s, then you know Home Improvement and Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor’s DIY exploits like the back of your hand. (And the more pop culture savvy among us might also observe that, as Al taught us, plaid really is the “color” of the true DIY handyman!) Everything from DVDs of this 90s classic to the tools you need to be your own Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor are made more accessible and less expensive through the miracle of online coupon promo codes. What’s more, real Tim Taylors have popped up all over the DIY and reality show landscape in the last decade. HGTV is an especially popular haven for such figures, in shows from everything from Love it Or List It to House Hunters, and then there are perennial favorites outside that channel as well. The bottom line? Simply put, DIY is all over the Internet and media landscape right now, and it’s a phase that looks like more than a fad, and one that you can follow and conquer as well. As such, getting in on the action with some promo codes can help you become the next Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor (except, you know, actually competent.)

August 7, 2014

Money Saving Tips

Save Money As A Do-It-Yourselfer

Do you know how to tile floors, reroof a house, paint walls or fix a car? If you do, then you can save a lot of money by doing everything yourself. If you don’t know how, then you don’t have to hire somebody to do it for you, you can simply learn how to do everything on your own.

What most people don’t realize is that people who have to hire a professional will pay more than they should simply because it is a skill that requires some experience. This is where the internet will come in handy.

Tips To Do It Yourself

Watch Videos – The nice thing about the internet is that many people will create a YouTube video on how to do certain things. If you want to know how to rewire a house, then there are people on YouTube that will show you how to do that. If you want to renovate your bathroom, then there will be a step by step video on how you do that as well. All of this stuff can be found on YouTube, so make sure you go there first before you try something you are not sure about.

Practice First – Yes, you need to practice. It doesn’t matter what you are doing, you need to give it a try first before you attempt it for real. If you are rebuilding the transmission for your car, then I recommend you attempt it with an older car, not a brand new car that will cost thousands of dollars to fix in the event that you mess things up. Now, if you are texturing a wall, then practice in a closet where nobody will see what you did. I know this sounds weird but the truth is that it will work.

July 23, 2013