Pool Makeovers: Remodeling & Repair
It may be an eyesore now, but the swimming pool in your yard still has potential - the vast pit already exists, right? Learn how to repair and remodel your pool to make it usable, restore it to its original condition, or transform it into a beautiful environment. Get how-to advice on painting, tiling, replacing, retrofitting and much more.
How to Plan and What to Consider Before Renovating
It may start out as simply repairing a crack in the concrete or re-tiling a pool, but becomes a huge project that tends to snowball. Lee Wallender, About.com's Guide to Home Renovations, provides seven points to consider before embarking on a renovation project.
It may start out as simply repairing a crack in the concrete or re-tiling a pool, but becomes a huge project that tends to snowball. Lee Wallender, About.com's Guide to Home Renovations, provides seven points to consider before embarking on a renovation project.
Financing Your Renovation Project
Many things about home renovation are flexible. You can always change wall colors or nudge a wall another six inches. But one thing is certain: you need money. Not a single nail gets hammered into place without money. Lee Wallender, About.com's Guide to Home Renovations, covers the pros and cons of financing your project through savings, HELOCs, credit cards and other sources.
Many things about home renovation are flexible. You can always change wall colors or nudge a wall another six inches. But one thing is certain: you need money. Not a single nail gets hammered into place without money. Lee Wallender, About.com's Guide to Home Renovations, covers the pros and cons of financing your project through savings, HELOCs, credit cards and other sources.
Pool Remodeling: What are Your Options?
Your old swimming pool shouldn't be a lost cause. A pool contractor or landscape architect can help you realize the potential of what can be done with your existing pool. Some of the options: water features, mosaics and retiling, decking, and fencing.
Your old swimming pool shouldn't be a lost cause. A pool contractor or landscape architect can help you realize the potential of what can be done with your existing pool. Some of the options: water features, mosaics and retiling, decking, and fencing.
Using Home Equity Loans to Finance Home Renovation Projects
Home equity loans are often used for home improvement projects because there's a friendly relationship between your home's equity and improvements made to your home. Be careful: home equity loans tend to be tied to variable interest rates. And because they're variable, they can always "vary" in the upward direction. Learn more from About.com Home Renovations Guide Lee Wallender.
Home equity loans are often used for home improvement projects because there's a friendly relationship between your home's equity and improvements made to your home. Be careful: home equity loans tend to be tied to variable interest rates. And because they're variable, they can always "vary" in the upward direction. Learn more from About.com Home Renovations Guide Lee Wallender.
Home Renovation: DIY or Hire a Pro?
Do it yourself...or not? You could literally spend months pondering whether to save money by doing the project yourself or...to break into the piggybank and hire a pro. Not an easy decision. Lee Wallender, About.com's Guide to Home Renovation, reveals key questions to ask yourself before tackling a potential DIY project.
Do it yourself...or not? You could literally spend months pondering whether to save money by doing the project yourself or...to break into the piggybank and hire a pro. Not an easy decision. Lee Wallender, About.com's Guide to Home Renovation, reveals key questions to ask yourself before tackling a potential DIY project.
Using Solar to Keep Your Pool Warm & Welcoming
After spending $500-$900 on heating his backyard pool during the spring and summer, a New York homeowner opts to have a solar heating unit installed. He estimates the cost of the unit will pay for itself in about a season and a half. From <i>The New York Times.</i>
After spending $500-$900 on heating his backyard pool during the spring and summer, a New York homeowner opts to have a solar heating unit installed. He estimates the cost of the unit will pay for itself in about a season and a half. From <i>The New York Times.</i>
What to do When Your Pool Lights Don't Work
Electricity and water can be a dangerous combination. If your pool lights seem to have gone out, turn off the pool light switch and the power at your home's main circuit breaker. If it trips immediately, you have a short circuit and will need to hire an electrician to take over.
Electricity and water can be a dangerous combination. If your pool lights seem to have gone out, turn off the pool light switch and the power at your home's main circuit breaker. If it trips immediately, you have a short circuit and will need to hire an electrician to take over.
How to Remove Anchors Set in a Concrete Swimming Pool Deck
Join home repair expert Henry Harrison as he helps a swimming pool owner remove steel anchor brackets set in a concrete pool deck. In this easy-to-understand step-by-step guide, you'll get a list of tools, along with reading about what to do and seeing what it's supposed to look like along the way.
Join home repair expert Henry Harrison as he helps a swimming pool owner remove steel anchor brackets set in a concrete pool deck. In this easy-to-understand step-by-step guide, you'll get a list of tools, along with reading about what to do and seeing what it's supposed to look like along the way.
From Pool to Pond: A Midcentury Makeover for a Dallas Backyard
The midcentury modern house -- and swimming pool -- have been in the family for three generations. When the pool developed a crack, this Dallas homeowner decided it was time for a makeover. Her new look -- a natural-looking pond, with rocks, bog and pond plants and lots of fantail goldfish.
The midcentury modern house -- and swimming pool -- have been in the family for three generations. When the pool developed a crack, this Dallas homeowner decided it was time for a makeover. Her new look -- a natural-looking pond, with rocks, bog and pond plants and lots of fantail goldfish.