Category: How to Tips

Keep your kitchen spotless with these common household materials

Posted on October 23, 2015

23 Oct

Whether you've recently had a kitchen remodel or you've been enjoying your kitchen renovation for years, it's always important to keep it clean. As a place where you both eat and cook, though, it can be difficult. Luckily there are a variety of cleaning tricks that you can use to keep your space sanitary and tidy with common household substances.…

Posted on October 9, 2015

09 Oct

How To In 60 Seconds Did you ever have something fall behind one of your kitchen drawers but you never got it because you couldn't get the drawer out? In this edition of the #DIY 60 Second Fix, Doug shows you how to remove the drawer and then put it back into place. Most new drawers are bottom mount so…

Posted on September 30, 2015

30 Sep

Plumbing problems can be devastating to a home's interior. Unlike other aspects of your home, like the wiring or heating, when plumbing stops working it can cause floods and damage to other parts of the house too. This can be especially nerve-racking following a bathroom remodel or kitchen renovation project where you've just gotten the room you've always wanted. To avoid the heartbreak…

Posted on September 25, 2015

25 Sep

How To In 60 Seconds Is your sink drain prone to clogging? I know mine is! In this #DIY 60 second fix, Doug shows you why it clogs and how to fix it! 1. Unscrew the nut and pull out the rod. 2. Take out the pop up. 3. Wash them off and clean them really well. 4. Reverse the process.…

Posted on September 18, 2015

18 Sep

How To In 60 Seconds In this 60 second how to video by Alure's COO Doug Cornwell, he shows you how to caulk an exterior door. This easy do it yourself fix, can help save you money on your energy bills. 1. When you open up a tube of caulking, you want to make the smallest hole possible. -Hint: You…

Posted on September 11, 2015

11 Sep

How To In 60 Seconds Over time your cabinet doors have the tendency to shift and look out of alignment. You may even be having trouble closing the doors completely. This can happen for any number of reasons such as humidity causing the doors to swell or perhaps too much weight on one side or the other. Doug Cornwell shows…

Posted on September 4, 2015

04 Sep

How To In 60 Seconds Do you have a hole in your sheetrock? Not sure how to repair it? You'll be amazed to see how Doug Cornwell can do a sheetrock patch in 60 seconds. Needs: - Piece of sheetrock - Utility knife - Joint Compound - Spackle - Spackle knife Square the cut up -Hint: Use a utility knife…

Posted on August 28, 2015

28 Aug

How To Remove Your Bathroom Exhaust Fan In 60 Seconds Replacing the light bulb or cleaning the exhaust fan in your bath can seem a bit clumsy or challenging. Doug shows us how to remove a bathroom exhaust fan in this weeks easy #DIY 60 second fix. 1. Put your fingers on each side of the fan and don't be…

Posted on August 21, 2015

21 Aug

How To Replace Your Cabinet Hardware In 60 Seconds Are the knobs and pulls on your cabinets loose, falling off or just plain old? In this edition of Doug’s #DIY 60 second fix, he shows you not only how to remove the hardware, but also how to replace it! 1. To replace a knob, back the one screw off, take…

Posted on August 14, 2015

14 Aug

How To Fix A Garbage Disposal In 60 Seconds In this ‪#‎DIY‬ 60 second fix, Doug shows you how to fix your garbage disposal it if jams. Did you know that your garbage disposal has its own circuit breaker? See what an alan wrench and a push of a button can do to get your disposal back up and running. Check…

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