DIY & Home Improvement

Course Description

Tired of spending hundreds or thousands of pounds for common repairs around your home? Our home improvement courses will enable you to develop the skills you need to tackle any home repair or enhancement project. Our courses are convenient, affordable and flexible, with step by step video instructions to simplify even the trickiest tasks. Learn at your own pace and get ready to do it yourself!

Topics covered include:

• Window blinds
• Ceiling fan
• Closet door
• Door stopper
• Basic faucet replacement
• Wall repair
• Wood Floor installation
• Garbage disposal
• Interior door knob replacement
• Exterior door knob replacement
• Light fixtures
• Electrical light switches
• Basic plumbing
• Toilet replacement
• Window lock installation
• Weather stripping

Learn basic concepts of preparation, measuring, safety and tool operations and get ready to improve your home one room at a time.

Course Content

I. Introduction to Course and Tools

• a. Introduction To the Course
• b. Hand Tools
• c. Power Tools

II. Drywall Repair

• a. Wall Preparation and Compound Application
• b. Sanding and Primer Application
• c. Painting

III. Shelving

• a. How To Install a Basic Shelf

IV. Window Safety Locks

• a. How To Install Basic Window Safety Locks

V. Window Blinds

• a. Removing Existing Blinds
• b. Installing New Blinds

VI. Door Stop

• a. How To Install a Basic Door Stop

VII. Bi-Fold Closet Doors

• a. How To Replace Bi-Fold Closet Doors

VIII. Interior Doorknob

• a. How To Replace an Interior Door Knob

IX. Exterior Doorknob and Deadbolt

• a. Introduction
• b. Replacing the Deadbolt and Door Knob
• c. Replacing the Strike Plates

X. Door Weather Stripping

• a. How To Replace Weather Stripping on an Exterior Door

XI. Light Fixture

• a. How To Replace a Light Fixture

XII. Ceiling fan

• a. Removing an Existing Ceiling Fan
• b. Installing a New Ceiling Fan
• c. Installing a Light on the Ceiling Fan

XIII. Light Switch

• a. How To Replace a Basic Light Switch

XIV. Unclogging a Sink Drain

• a. Introduction
• b. How To Remove/Replace the Under-Sink Plumbing Trap

XV.Garbage Disposal

• a. Removing the Existing Garbage Disposal
• b. Replacing the Sink Flange and Mounting Hardware
• c. Wiring
• d. Attaching the new Garbage Disposal

XVI. Bathroom Faucet

• a. Introduction
• b. Installing a New Bathroom Faucet
• c. Connecting the Water Supply

XVII. Toilet

• a. Preparing the Toilet Flange
• b. Setting the New Toilet in Place
• c. Connecting the Water Supply

XVIII. Laminate Flooring

• a. Introduction
• b. Removing the Existing Flooring
• c. Preparing the Door Jambs
• d. Transition Molding Layout
• e. Underlayment Part 1
• f. Underlayment Part 2
• g. Laminate Flooring Layout
• h. Cutting the Flooring
• i. Installing the Flooring Part 1
• j. Cutting Around Door Jambs
• k. Installing Around Doorways
• l. Marking Transition Molding
• m. Installing the Flooring Part 2
• n. Final Row Installation
• o. Installing the Transition Molding
• p. Installing Quarter-Round Trim

XIX. Conclusion