Rat, mice and pest holes in the garden can be quite alarming. Rats, mice and other pests can be unhealthy for your home, garden, pets and kids, so it's important to deal with the issue of rat and mouse holes as soon as you see them pop up in your garden. In this video, we show you three easy ways to deal with rat and mouse holes in the garden with inexpensive solutions.

Bring back the original color to your cedar fence or cedar deck using this easy process. Cedar wood rejuvenation is easy using 30 Seconds Outdoor Cleaner, a pump sprayer, deck brush and power washer. In this video, we show you how quick and easy the process of cedar wood brightening and rejuvenation can be. This process is a great way to prep your cedar fence or cedar deck for Spring and Summer use. It's also a great way to prep your cedar fence or cedar deck for stain application.

How to clean concrete in your garden using 30 seconds outdoor cleaner! Removing grime, mildew, algae and embedded dirt from concrete fountains, statuary and pavers in your backyard is easy with 30 seconds cleaner. In this video we take a filthy concrete fountain and saturate the surface with 30 seconds cleaner. After just a couple quick minutes, the grime, mildew and algae lift off the surface. An extra spray of 30 seconds cleaner and the help of a scrub brush take care of the last annoying tough spots of dirt. Once the 30 seconds cleaner has done it's job, we spray down the surface to remove the loosened grime and extra cleaner. The before and after is quite dramatic, and the effort was easy!

Refresh your old worn out metal outdoor furniture with Rustoleum spray paint. This easy spray paint process will take you through the steps to bring new life to your metal outdoor furniture.

Ants can be an annoying nuisance in and around your home, and by following a few simple steps, you can get rid of them for good. First off, focus on the inside of your home. You need to make sure you are not providing the ants with a reliable food and water source. Remember that ants are just looking for food and water to bring back to their nests. Sugary foods and water left on your counters and in your cabinets are the perfect food source that worker ants are seeking. Clean your kitchens and counters to prevent this from happening.

Taking care of an ipe wood deck is easy! Ipe exotic hardwood, when exposed to the elements, will develop a silvery white distinguished patina. If you choose this look for your Ipe, besides an annual cleaning of the wood, there is really not much you have to do to maintain your ipe deck.

The best way to clean your dryer vent yourself is with the right tools. There are a variety of brushes available to clean the dryer vent, the dryer vent ductwork and also the exterior vent hood.

Cleaning your hardwood floors correctly is important to keeping them beautiful for the long term. Our easy to follow process of keeping the dirt at bay, using floor protection on furniture and maybe most importantly, choosing the correct PH balanced, water based cleaner that won't leave a residue will help your develop an easy process to protect your beautiful hardwood floors.

An ice dam is a build up of ice and or snow on your roof, typically, where the roof meets the gutter, or where your gutter meets the downspout. This can be caused by heat loss from the home, melting the cold mass of ice and snow, just enough to cause a run off that turns into icicles and more ice. This ice continues to increase in size, and becomes an ice dam. Ice dams can cause interior damage by allowing water to penetrate the home, and they can also cause extensive exterior damage by disrupting the roofing / gutter / downspout and siding system of your home.

We welcome Bob Zeni back to the Everyday Workbench and we are talking about heirloom tomatoes. What is an heirloom, what makes them so tasty and how to choose what variety of heirloom to plant in your specific garden area. As we get ready for the Spring growing season, we are going to talk about what you can do a couple months before the season to get ready for your most successful growing season yet!

Extreme cold weather can cause frozen pipes, and as any home owner can attest to, this is a scary situation due to the fact that a frozen water line can potentially cause up to tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage in your home.

Staging a home is more than just cleaning up before showings. In this episode of Everyday Workbench, we have a conversation with expert real estate agent Dave Nimick about the staging process of the home.

High performance furnace filters can help attract and remove all sorts of debris from your home's air through your forced air heating and cooling system. Pollutants like allergens, dust mites, pet dander, smoke particles, virus particulate and more can create unhealthy conditions for the people living in your home. As long as your forced air system in compatible, using a high performance furnace filter can resolve these issues and help creating a healthier living environment.

What is the correct humidity level for your home during the winter time? The easy answer is around 35%, but in this episode of Everyday Workbench we explain why the correct humidity level is important, how to adjust your inline humidifier for the winter and what yearly maintenance is involved with an inline humidifier.

Making a light up cloud ceiling or cloud wall is easy, and takes only a few easy to find materials and a couple of hours.

Prevent frozen pipes with these easy methods of insulating. We take easy to find insulating products to show you how easy and quick it can be to help avoid massive damage and the inconvenience that is frozen and burst pipes.

Are you experiencing loud banging pipes after the toilet flushes? You could be experiencing "water hammer" which is what can happen when the air chambers in your plumbing system fail. In this video we are going to try an easy way to solve water hammer and stop those banging pipes.

Drafty window solutions can be easy for any homeowner using caulking cord and seal n' peel caulking. Both options are cost effective and easy to use on almost any drafty window. For less than $10, caulking cord and seal n' peel caulk can fill in small or large gaps on drafty windows.

How to replace kitchen faucet cartridges, on a Grohe, Bridgeford, two handle kitchen faucet. Leaky kitchen faucets can be quite annoying. The constant drip of water hitting the kitchen sink is enough to drive someone crazy. Most times, the repair is quite simple, and it involves a minimal amount of tools and new kitchen faucet cartridges.

Replacing a non working shower diverter spout can be a very easy and inexpensive DIY plumbing project. In this episode of Everyday Workbench, we take a non functioning shower diverter tub spout and replace it with a new universal tub spout.