Bernard Gladstone

Q--I am building a wall unit of plywood and want it to fit flat against an existing wall when finished. However, the wall it will fit against is slightly irregular...

Q--In an effort to seal out cold drafts, I've been caulking all cracks and open seams that I've found in the siding and trim around the outside of my house....

Q--I have an underground dry well for catching the water coming off the roof. The gutter downspouts connect to an underground pipe that empties into this dry well. This worked...

Q-I live in an old house with large, heavy wood doors. Some of them have swollen and need planing down along the vertical edge because they won't close properly. I've...

Q-I`m getting ready to repaint a lot of old wood cabinets in our kitchen and pantry. Each cabinet door has a recessed panel with molded edges around the perimeter. The...

Q-I am making up a long, heavy-duty extension cord for use with my electric hedge trimmer and other outdoor tools that I want to use around my yard. I purchased...

Q-We are modernizing several rooms in our old house and want to change the locksets on several wood doors that now have old-style mortise locks. However, when we take out...

Q-I want to change the faucet on my bathroom sink but find that to remove the old faucet, I have to reach up under and behind the sink to loosen...

Q-I am finishing a new room I built in my attic, using dry wall and taping all seams with paper tape and then using cement. I am having a problem...

Most homeowners and apartment dwellers handle at least some repair and maintenance chores themselves, and many are tackling increasingly ambitious projects. Publishers of ''how-to'' books have produced a number of...