Construction Forums

1. Builder’s Talk: The Screwfix Community offers discussion for topics focused on building, remodeling and general all-around fixing.
2. Construction Resource Forum: This is a user-friendly forum for homeowners, buyers, sellers and contractors.
3. DIY Chatroom: A great forum to discuss all aspects about add-ons, remodeling and design.
4. Ghar Expert Forum: No matter if you’re building a new home or remodeling, you can get ideas and answers from this forum.
5. Great Possibilities Construction Industry Forums: Enjoy construction tips as well as issues such as contracts and other legalities and home improvement.
6. Remodel Crazy Forum: This forum may appeal to both construction workers and DIY remodelers.
7. Owner-Builder Forums: Learn about construction budgeting, bargain strategies, scheduling and more from other participants in this forum.
8. Ridgid Construction Discussion Forum: The discussions on this forum range from construction to home improvement.
9. SkyscraperPage Forum: Since 1999, SkyscraperPage.com’s forum has been one of the most active skyscraper enthusiast communities for development news and construction activity.
10. Taunton Press Breaktime: Fine homebuilding for beginners and for experts.

Contractor Forums

11. Contractor City Forums: Contractors can find topics that range from construction contracts to coaching and jobs.
12. Contractor Talk: This forum is part of a larger portal that contains blogs, projects, reviews and news.
13. Construction Contractors Community: Tap into contractor talk, help and solutions in topics that range from Internet marketing to window cleaning and everything in between.
14. ECN Electrical Forum: This is a discussion forum for electricians, inspectors and related professionals.
15. Electrician Talk: This is one of the most popular electrical contractors’ forums, for the professional.
16. Mike Holt’s Forum: Mike Holt worked his way up through the electrical trade from apprentice electrician through electrical contractor to become one of the most recognized experts in electrical power installations.
17. My Contractor List: This forum covers all aspects of the building trade, and includes a special spot for professionals only.
18. Paint Talk: Professional painters meet here to discuss all types of painting issues, inside and out.

Alternative Building Forums

19. Free Design Build Forum: Discuss plans for small home, cabin or cottage design with the folks who participate in this forum.
20. GFRC Forum: GFRC is an ultra-strong composite made of Portland cement infused with randomly dispersed glass fibers that reinforce the concrete and increase its load-bearing capacity. Users need to register.
21. Green Building Forum: Join this forum and benefit from discussions with thousands of other green building fans and discounts on green building.
22. Green Building Talk: This site’s forums are on the menu to the right, and include residential, commercial, design and planning and building and construction.
23. Historic Preservation Learning Portal Forum: This forum is a small part of a larger site, with a focus on historic preservation for residential and commercial buildings.
24. Home Builder Implode-O-Meter: On the alternative side, lean back and learn about the frustrations others have endured with home building across the nation.
25. Lean Construction Forum: This forum is for anyone to engage in a dialogue on lean construction by sharing information and best practices.
26. Log Home Builders Association: This forum is jammed with discussion in the public section, including topics such as homesteading, solar energy and alternative power and general discussion about log homes and cabins.
27. National Trust for Historic Preservation Forum: You must be a forum member to participate in this forum about preservation of historic buildings and districts.
28. Western North Carolina Green Building Forums: For those of you ready to take that next step and either build a new green home or green your existing home, this is your forum.

Architectural and Design Forums

29. Archinect Discussion Forum: Students, contractors, designers and voyeurs visit this list to learn more about various architectural issues.
30. Cyburbia Urban Planning Community: And interesting group that discusses urban planning, including planners, architects, students, urbanists and city officials.
31. Design Community Forums: An amazing list of forums that ranges from architecture to local environment.
32. Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design: Use this site to learn about current West Coast trends and to discuss issues and design problems.
33. McGraw Hill Construction Community: These discussion forums, which are open to all, include such topics as green building projects, virtual design, practice matters and a forum for younger architects.
34. Residential Landscape Lighting and Design Forum: Learn more about curb appeal, landscape design and special lighting for commercial and residential spaces at this forum.

Real Estate Investment Forums

35. Agents Online Real Estate Idea Center: You name it, this forum has it…everything the real estate broker, agent and home owner might need to know about home improvements, investments and sales.
36. Appraisers Forum: This is the premiere online community for real estate appraisers, talking about everything from education to financing. Commercial and residential properties included.
37. Bigger Pockets Forums: The BiggerPockets Forums contain the answers to your real estate investing and other real estate-related questions. With 320,708 posts in 51,616 topics, across 336 forums, ours is the most comprehensive investing discussion area online.
38. Foreclosure.com Real Estate Exchange Forum: Don’t let this forum fool you — topics include foreclosures, but also topics on how to stop foreclosures, real estate marketing and more.
39. HGTV’s Buying & Selling Homes Message Board: Post your mortgage questions, appraisals, home inspections, locations, real estate issues. No topic too broad.
40. Overseas Property Investment Forum: Can’t find what you want stateside? Just look overseas, and let the folks at this forum help you find the property of your dreams.
41. Real Estate Forum: This forum bills itself as “The ‘ORIGINAL’ Real Estate Social Network since 2005 and your #1 Resource for all things Real Estate.”
42. Real Estate Investor Forums: This forum is a great place to learn and share knowledge in all types of real estate investments, including rehabbing, wholesales, foreclosures and remodeling to flip.
43. Real Estate Law Forum: Get free legal advice about everything from buying and selling a home to neighbors and boundaries.
44. REI Club Forums: Topics include creative real estate, wholesaling, 1031 exchanges, asset protection, commercial real estate, hard money lenders, IRA investing, landlording, lease options, mobile homes, no money down, owner financing, rehabbing, tax liens, and more.

Location-Specific Real Estate Forums

45. Chicago Real Estate Forum — Illinois Realty Talk Community: If you’re seeking property investments and building possibilities in the Big Windy, then this forum is up your alley.
46. Houston Realty Forum: This is a discussion board for Houston, TX and surrounding cities.
47. METRO: The real estate forum for NY, NJ, CT buyers, sellers and owners.
48. Seattle Real Estate: News and discussion about real estate and the housing bubble in the Seattle, Washington area.
49. Syracuse Real Estate Forum: Discuss this New York City’s real estate and real estate transactions.
50. The Tucson Real Estate Forum: Real estate issues, sales and purchases specific to the Tucson, Arizona region.

Home Owner’s Guide

1. 100K House: A blog that originated as a record of building a LEED Platinum home, that now discusses more recent building issues and experiences in a personal and professional way.
2. Homeowner’s & Trades Resource Center: Provides a variety of blogs that cover topics such as bad building practices, safety and sustainable remodeling.
3. Home Building and Interior Design: This blog covers a huge topic of remodeling questions, such as permits, costs, and planning. Great resource for a “do-it-yourselfer.”
4. Home Remodeling Bootcamp Blog: Gets down to the basics of remodeling that every homeowner should know. How do you keep from getting burned by a contractor? Learn how on this blog.
5. Home Sweet Home: If you are looking for ideas, designs and advice for online supplies, this is a good blog to begin your search.
6. Kathy’s Remodeling Blog: A refreshing approach to discussing the mechanics of everything from appliances to plumbing. Presented in every day language that every one can understand.
7. One Project Closer: The idea behind this blog is to help the do-it-yourselfer homeowner through the completion of the seemingly endless list of home repairs and projects.
8. The Quirky Contractor: This contractor enjoys and seeks innovation. Anything and everything about construction is game, and this quirky contractor always tries to find a new way to do something or listen to a new idea and try to apply it.
9. Young House Love: A record of learn-as-you-go, kept by a young and enthusiastic couple. Very personable approach to home improvement guidelines and experiences.

Business Guide

10. Best Practices Construction Law: A legal blog for people in the construction and building industries. Provides peer reviews and project analysis that can help with best practice decisions.
11. Bob The Builder’s Blog: This is a first-hand account of various aspects of homebuilding. Provides photos and video tutorials.
12. Builder News Blog: From the editor of Builder’s News, this blog offers a polished view on a wide range of construction issues and topics.
13. Collaborative Construction Blog: A blog that focuses on helping to negotiate agreements among stakeholders in the construction industry.
14. Construction Informer: This blog does just what it says it does – inform. Loaded with downloads, podcasts and a variety of resources for your business needs.
15. Federal Construction Contracting Blog: From a team of legal experts, this blogs informs and guides contractors who work with federal contracts.
16. Good Home Construction: A blog that focuses on the restoration and renovation of the vintage homes of Southern California. Before and after photos of pouring the foundation to the finishing touches with décor.
17. Home Improvement & DIY Advice: Need tips on any aspect of home construction, large or small? This blog offers photos and detailed advice. Great span of topics on tools and equipment.
18. New Home Builder’s Blog: A comprehensive listing of home builders in several states that provides good detail of their services and experience. Also showcases their most recent listings
19. New Home Construction. This blog offers a variety of resources that cover topics such as design centers, hot new products and corporate news. A great one-stop blog to help with nearly any construction need.

Architecture By Design

20. 3rings: Architects and designers alike will enjoy this products blog that displays and discusses many new concepts and their applications.
21. A Dailey Dose Of Architecture: Rich with the new and old world heritage of New York architecture. Daily updates and images.
22. A456: Begun as a way to share thoughts about architecture. This blog will help to expand ideas about concept and design.
23. AnArchitecture: Though an Austrian-based blog, the focus here is an international one. It dares the reader to broaden their concepts of design, push the envelope further than they thought they could stretch.
24. Archinect: A multi-disciplinary discussion by designers from around the world. This blog offers new approaches and insights to design.
25. BLDGBLOG: From the editor of Dwell Magazine, Geoff Manaugh has provided a place for lively discussion about planning, landscape and a variety of other architectural issues.
26. BUILD: BUILD relies on diverse professional and construction backgrounds to provide a balanced and thoughtful approach to architecture, design and structural engineering projects.
27. City Of Sound: A great blog for city design 101. Many architects have argued function over form, but this blogger concludes that design determines how these two elements can integrate.
28. Design Spotter: If you live and breathe contemporary design, this is a blog for you. Looks at such topics as accessories, lighting and new material.
29. Inhabitat: Complete with an excellent photo gallery, this blog showcases some of the best designs of today. A must-see.
30. Super Colossal: This blog offers “architectural ephemera” , news and exciting projects from Sydney Australia.

Going Green

31. Green Building: This blog, by environmental reporter Katie Zemtseff, has a focus on Seattle and the surrounding region, however, the view extends to other points of interest.
32. Earth Architecture: A showcase of sustainable architecture and design constructed with earthen materials from around the world.
33. Green Bean: Based in Chicago, one of the greenest cities in the country, this blog provides insight into on-going projects as well as those in the planning stages.
34. Green Building Law Update: Chris Cheatham, a construction attorney, blogs about land use, codes and regulations as they relate to environmental law.
35. Green Buildings NYC: If you are looking to secure office space with the intention to green-up your business practices, this is the blog for you.
36. Greenconstructionuk’s Blog: A great blog focussing on energy-efficient homes that support environmentally-friendly designs.
37. Green Goddess: A woman’s perspective in the construction industry and how, as a consultant, she has worked towards educating homeowners and builders in sustainable construction.
38. Jetson Green: An environmentally-minded blog that invites professionals in the construction industry to join in discussions.
39. Resilience Science: This blog focuses on practical measures in which to incorporate green design and urban ecology.
40. Treehugger: An award winning journal that posts news and technology for a greener future.

Landscape and Construction

41. Free Soil. A collaboration of various activists, artists and gardeners, this blog resolves to take a hands-on approach to sustainable design.
42. Garden History Girl. This blog has a passion to look beyond the mundane thinking that our landscape is only a collection of plants. To her, it is art.
43. Landezine. To this blog, no place is without the potential to being sculpted, not even our final resting place. Wonderfully inventive.
44. Landscape Architeck. Ideas gleaned from around the world in various disciplines of planning and design.
45. Landscape Designer. Paul Corsetti blogs about his years of experience in the landscape architecture industry combined with his love of gardening.
46. Landscape Design Advice. Have a landscape or design question? This is the place to post and respond with your own advice.
47. My Urban Garden Deco Guide. An environmentally-conscious blog that discusses ideas, products for an urban setting.
48. Places And Spaces. Provides recent news and comments about developments within the landscape industry.
49. Pruned. An offering of photos, videos and comments on unusual and interesting design.
50. Turned Earth. Detailed blog that covers garden issues ranging from pests to sculpture to furniture.

Home Inspection

Watch videos that point out important problems so you know how to prioritize your exterior and interior repairs.

1. How to Inspect the Exterior of Your House: A simple inspection of the exterior of your house can help you prevent problems and save money on repair bills.
2. Home Inspection Problems: ServiceMagic.com Home Improvement Expert David Lupberger takes a look at what home inspectors say are the most common problems they end up noting in their home inspection reports.
3. Home Inspection Moisture Tools: Russ Fasullo of Avanti Home & Mold Inspections demonstrates the correct way to diagnose moisture problems.
4. Home Inspection for Radon: With radon testing you can find radon in your home and install a radon mitigation system.
5. Home Inspection of Insulation: Home inspector Jamie Dunsing explains what to look for during a home inspection of your insulation in the attic and around the hot water heater.
6. Home Inspection Training – Electrical: Learn how the pros inspect the electrical systems in homes.
7. Home Inspection Issues to Look out for: A professional home inspector identifies common problems in home inspections.

Exterior Repairs

8. Different Types of House Siding: Add value to a home by building up higher-quality siding.
9. Exterior House Painting Tips: Learn how to check a house’s paint job to see if sanding, scraping or power washing needs to be done with help from a professional carpenter, woodworker or handyman.
10. Exterior Painting: Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates the proper way to paint a house.
11. How to Fix Rotting Siding on Your Home: An important step to ensure that your home’s siding is properly installed is to mark the walls where siding repairs need to be installed.
12. Removing Vinyl Siding: How to remove vinyl siding from a mobile or modular home.
13. Staining an Exterior House and Deck: In this video, Gary Sullivan with HomeWoRx and CertaPro reviews the results of staining a deck and house.
14. Vinyl Siding Installation: How to Install vinyl siding on mobile and manufactured homes.
15. Wood Home Exterior Painting Techniques: Learn about exterior painting instructions and techniques.
16. Wood Siding Repair: Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, shows a few easy tips for painting wood siding for your house.
17. Home Repair Termites in Wood Rail: See and hear how to repair damaged wood from termites.
18. How To Install A Pre-Hung Exterior Door: Learn how to install a new pre-hung exterior door with the following instructions.
19. How to Replace Caulking on the Outside of Your House: Replace caulking on the exterior of a home.
20. Installing Gutter Guards: Keep gutters clean and clear by installing guards using these tips.

Windows

21. How to Measure for House Replacement Windows: When measuring a house’s windows for replacements, it’s important to get exact measurements to take to the salesperson at a home improvement store.
22. Replacing A Window: Tim Carter, of Ask the Builder, demonstrates how to install a new window and frame.
23. Retrofit windows: Learn how to replace aluminum windows with energy efficient vinyl retrofit windows.
24. How to replace a second-story window: Learn how this DIY builder replaced a second-story window.
25. Window sill repair: Learn how to cover your old wood window sills with vinyl so you never have to paint again.

Electrical

26. Electrical Symbols Used in the House Wiring Industry: Learn about symbols for a number of electrical fixtures with help from a home remodeling specialist.
27. How to Tell if a Circuit Breaker Is Bad: Determine if a circuit has shorted or if a breaker is defective.
28. About Old House Wiring: Find out how to figure out the wiring of an old house with tips from a licensed remodeling contractor.
29. How to install an electrical outlet: Ron Tanner, of Houselove.org, shows how to install an electrical outlet in a wall using simple tools.
30. How to Replace a Light Switch: Replace a light switch with tips from a certified HVAC tech and plumber.
31. Replace Outdoor Electrical Plug and Cover: Learn how to safely replace an outdoor plug and its cover.
32. How To Install a Dimmer Switch: Learn how to easily and quickly add a dimmer switch to an interior light switch.
33. How to Install a Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI): Learn how to install the GFCI plug for kitchens and bathrooms.
34. Installing a Ceiling Light Video: Mark Donovan of HomeAdditionPlus.com shows how to install a ceiling light.
35. Replacing a Home’s Exterior Light Fixture: Mark Donovan now shows how to replace a home’s old exterior light fixture with a new one.
36. How To Replace or Install a Ceiling Fan: The Home Depot shows how easy it is to replace an old ceiling fan with a new one.

Plumbing

It seems that James Drew, a certified HVAC tech and plumber from JNCHomeRepair.com, is the highest-rated video king for plumbing repair at YouTube. Here are a few examples of his videos:

37. How to Replace a Sink Drain: Replace a sink drain with tips from a certified HVAC tech and plumber in this free video on plumbing repairs.
38. How to Repair a Leaky Pipe Quickly: Repair a leaky pipe quickly with tips.
39. How to Unclog a Sink: When unclogging a sink, oftentimes a P-trap must be removed.
40. How to Unclog a Toilet: If a plunger doesn’t work in unclogging a toilet, the only other option is to use a snake.
41. How to Fix a Leaky Toilet Tank: Fix a leaky toilet tank.
42. How to Repair a Running Toilet: When a toilet is running all of the time, it’s usually because the flapper valve isn’t getting a good seal.
43. How to Repair a Dripping Shower Head: A dripping shower head is caused by a problem with the shower valve or a leak in the head itself.

Other Repairs

44. Professional Basement Wall Crack Repair Instructions: This video properly shows the process of repairing poured foundation wall cracks using low-pressure concrete crack injection.
45. How to Replace Cracked Tile: Replace cracked tile floor tiles using a grout scraper, pry bar, hammer and safety glasses.
46. How to Repair Concrete Steps: How to repair, patch or restore broken, chipped or damaged concrete steps.
47. How to Replace Caulk on Bathtub: How to remove and replace bathtub sealant or caulk and get a smooth bead on the new caulk.
48. Painting Kitchen Cabinets: Painting kitchen cabinets is an easy and inexpensive way to bring old cabinets — and your entire kitchen — back to life.
49. How to Repair Cracks and Holes in Drywall: This video shows ways to repair small cracks and holes in drywall to repair damage.
50. Repairing a Large Hole in Drywall: This video covers repairs to very large holes created by home repair and remodeling.

1. Under the floor heating with an automotive radiator: If you don’t have all the parts, find something you do have. This under the floor heating and plumbing project certainly gives new meaning to the word “recycle.” These are pipes that go with a wood burning stove boiler. An automotive radiator is attached to the floor joists as a main system component, and no one really knows where the mish-mash of pipes (some of them quite rusty) came from. According to This Old House, this system never worked as well as the Ozark mountain engineers had hoped. Surprised?
2. “Efficient” air exchange: When you are properly ventilating your home, and setting things up so that you end up with vents to blow hot or cold air into the home, you also have to have return registers. These help keep the flow of air circulating properly in a well-ventilated home. But what happens when you don’t think things through? Well, you might end up with your hot air flowing directly back to the furnace. Which means that, not only will you be getting poor air circulation, but the rest of your house will be less than warm and cozy this winter.
3. Chimney stack right next to the window: Chimney safety and planning is one of those important things that shouldn’t be overlooked. Unfortunately, some don’t think everything through when planning their DIY home projects. This home has the chimney stack right up to the window. That means that all of the smoke, soot and carbon monoxide can easily get in. Unless, of course, it’s blocked by the air conditioning unit. Of course, it doesn’t look as though the air conditioner has been properly installed, either…
4. Cardboard to keep PVC pipe from toughing the hot water heater flue pipe: The fact that this set up could result in a house fire is the biggest of problems. This DIY home project features PVC pipe installed next to the hot water heater flue. Of course, PVC pipe is plastic and can melt. So, the do it yourselfer decided to separate the pipe from the flue with the help of some cardboard. Of course, the fact that cardboard is flammable is not really a very good solution to the problem.
5. Nails to secure the floor: Whether building a first floor, or building a second floor onto your home, the DIY home project needs proper planning for a way to secure the floor. This usually involves securing a column to an I-beam supporting the floor. Generally, sturdy bolts or a welder is required to properly ensure safety and security. But if such things aren’t on hand, perhaps some nails will do? It’s amazing that all sorts of problems didn’t manifest themselves before the problem was discovered and corrected.
6. Flue pipe made of aluminum foil: For some reason heating systems seem to be quite popular in terms of DIY home projects. Perhaps because it is a relatively small system that is easy to get to, and that seems easy to work on. Why, you can even construct your own flue pipe if you like. This do it yourselfer made a section of water heater flue entirely out of aluminum foil. Unfortunately, foil is highly corrosive and likely to degrade rather quickly. Which will mean a rather large mess at sometime in the very near future.
7. I-Beam support with…shims: Sometimes, you might find that the I-beam is not long enough. Or perhaps the pocket cut into the foundation is too deep. In any case, a pile of shims was used to make up the difference. Just putting the shims in there was a foolhardy and risky move, as the intrepid do it yourselfer was risking life and limb. Hopefully, this is just a temporary solution, rather than expected to be a long term building component. After all, any number of natural events could easily dislodge the shims — and the floor.
8. Homemade humidifier out of a whipped topping container: Some DIY home projects include attempts to make homes more comfortable, as with a humidifier. And it is possible to make your own humidifier, with the help of a whipped topping container. Really, though, any plastic container will do just as well. Just fill it with water and hook it into the system some how. You’ve installed your own whole-house humidifier! Of course, one isn’t sure how successive owners will react to this type of home appliance.
9. Duct tape can fix anything: It’s been said that duct tape is the ultimate fix-it tool. It holds many things together. Additionally, it can be used to create purses and luggage, and even act as fabric for those who construct clothing out of the many different colors of duct available these days. But perhaps using it to repair a broken framing member is going a bit too far. It just seems as though duct tape is a little insufficient when it comes to structural repairs — even if it is this confidence-inspiring shade of industrial gray.
10. Sideways water heater: Many people choose to install their own water heaters. This is because it can be accomplished with an intermediate amount of DIY skill. However, sometimes things still go wrong. These intrepid do it yourselfers installed a water heater on its side. And then they took away the pressure relief valve and replaced it with a pressure gauge. That way, they could see how much pressure was building — but have no way to relieve it. If this thing were pressurized enough, it could actually explode. And we all know how messy and painful that would be.

Home Improvement Inspiration

These blogs provide you with a little bit of help in coming with ideas for home improvement projects. Figure out how to get started, and even get some encouragement for continuing or finishing current projects.

1. Home Suite Homes: Get ideas on decor, projects and ways to make your home a more pleasant place to be.
2. Floors, Walls & Ceilings: Focus is on projects you can do to enhance certain areas of your home — on a budget.
3. Apartment Therapy: Learn how to improve small spaces. Loads of DIY ideas that can be accomplished no matter how little your home is.
4. House in Progress: Look at what’s going on with a total remodel of a home — and get great ideas for your own remodeling project.
5. A Constructed Life: Get ideas for home remodeling, with focus on the kitchen. Oh yeah. And stay sane while doing it.
6. Home Improvement Ninja: Pictures and information about the efforts to remodel a 100 year old townhouse. Solid ideas from someone who is learning along with you.
7. Hooked on Houses: Images of different homes that can give you great fodder for DIY home improvement projects.
8. DIY & Decor: Tons of ideas on DIY decor and other home improvement ideas.
9. BBC Homes: Get home improvement ideas from those folks in Great Britain.
10. Rate My Space: Look at others’ photos from home improvement projects, and upload your own.

Home Improvement Advice

Need a little input on how to do something right? Learn the ins and outs of home improvement, and get some useful tips and information on how to get your DIY home improvement project done.

11. Diva Toolbox: Learn how to get things done around the house. Written from a female perspective, but still plenty of good info for everyone.
12. Handyman and Home Repair Professionals: Get solid information on home improvement from a professional builder.
13. Ask the Builder: Home improvement advice straight from the source. This blog answers common DIY questions.
14. I Can Fix Up My Home: Specific information on completing some projects and insight into how to accomplish your DIY home improvement projects.
15. Renovation 101: Learn the basics of home remodeling and how to make your DIY projects a success.
16. Builders Share: Great blog with tips and tricks. The blog went inactive in 2008, but the archives have loads of helpful information.
17. Let’s Blog Construction: Step by step instructions for completing some common DIY home improvement projects.
18. One Project Closer: Learn about remodeling and home improvement projects that can enhance your home, as well as useful tips, hacks and information.
19. Home DIY Tips: Just what it sounds like. Plus, helpful information on projects around the yard and garden.
20. Howsed: Get helpful how-tos on a number of DIY projects from leaking valves to hanging drywall.

Specialty DIY Home Improvement

If you are looking for specific advice on specific types of home improvement projects, there are a number of very helpful blogs. Here are some blogs that can get you headed in the right direction on a number of DIY projects:

21. Ask the Electrician: Helpful articles, diagrams and how-tos on all things related to wiring.
22. Ask a Plumber: Articles on plumbing, plus forums and other useful information related to getting your pipes in good order.
23. That Painter Lady: Learn about painting projects and doing what you can to make your home beautiful inside and out.
24. Lighting and Ceiling Fan Blog: Learn about lighting and installing ceiling fans. Product reviews and helpful diagrams included.
25. The Happy Shower: This is a blog devoted to bathrooms. Learn about putting in different types of bathroom fixtures — including luxury fixtures.
26. Home Theater System Advice: There are few things as frustrating as DIY home theater. But this blog can help ease your pain.
27. 1800 AnyTyme: A number of helpful tips and information on a number of subjects. However, there is special emphasis on air conditioning and heating.
28. Toolmonger: Learn how to use different tools, and what projects they are for. Also includes helpful product reviews.
29. Today’s Green Construction: Great information on DIY home improvement to make things a little green. Tips on making a more sustainable lifestyle.
30. The Safety Blog: Information on staying safe, making repairs and other subjects related to DIY. There are even some great DIY car care tips.

DIY Plans and Designs

Need some help planning your DIY home improvement project? Want some design ideas? These blogs can provide you with a helping hand.

31. A Daily Dose of Architecture: Learn about architecture and the essentials of building. Some great imagery that is sure to inspire.
32. Best House Design: Get ideas and look at home design plans.
33. Best Houses and Home Design: Interesting pictures of unique homes and home floor plans.
34. House Design News: Emphasis is on luxury homes. Interesting images and information about home design.
35. Attic Insulation: A look at how to plan your attic, and better insulate it — especially if you are upgrading you insulation.
36. Inhabitat: A design and planning blog with an emphasis on sustainability. Information on planning a greener home.
37. Pruned: Learn about exterior design, including gardening and landscaping DIY home improvement.
38. Charles & Hudson: Helpful planning and design hints, as well as tips on making the best decision for your home improvement project.
39. DIY Home Improvement Help: Plans and design ideas for various home improvement projects.
40. Furniture Fashion: Design ideas for sprucing up your home’s interior.

Home Improvement Videos

Many DIY home improvement blogs are kind enough to offer a number of videos to better illustrate how things are done. Here are some good ones.

41. The Money Pit: Video eatures on different types of home improvements, in addition to helpful articles.
42. HomeTime: See clips from the popular show, and learn how to do a number of DIY projects by watching the pros.
43. Ask the Decorator: Online show that provides helpful information and demonstrations on a variety of DIY decorating projects.
44. Home Wizards: Great videos on a number of DIY home improvement projects, along with answers to questions.
45. Fine Home Building: Watch videos on completing a number of home improvement projects.
46. Bob Vila: Well-known home improvement expert Bob Vila offers video tutorials on completing a number of DIY projects.
47. 4Homes: Another British offering, this site offers videos of different homes, as well as helpful how-tos.
48. Image Home Improvement LIVE: See online Webisodes twice a month on different home improvement subjects.
49. DL.TV: Great videos and information on DIY digital home improvement projects.
50. Handyguys Podcast: This is actually a podcast rather than a video, but it is nevertheless full of helpful information and tips for completing DIY home improvement projects.