Wall Prep 101: Mudding, Sanding, and Priming for a Pro Paint Job (Bathroom Update)

Hey, it’s Steve from CT Home Repair and Tutoring LLC. The bathroom conversion is moving along—framing done, electrical and insulation in place, and now it’s time for the walls. Today I tackled the mudding, sanding, and priming on the first section. This is the unglamorous step that makes everything look sharp later, and it’s easier […]

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Shower Project Update: Cement Board Progress + Our Family Christmas Tree Setup

Hey, it’s Steve from CT Home Repair and Tutoring LLC. Today I made solid progress on the bathroom conversion—got about 2/3 of the cement board up and even cut out the spot for the shower niche. It’s starting to look like a real shower space, not just a construction zone. On the family side, we

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Closet Build Part 2: Running Electrical, Insulating the Toilet Stack, and First Sheetrock

Hey, it’s Steve from CT Home Repair and Tutoring LLC. Last time we framed the new closet under the upstairs bathroom plumbing. This week I knocked out the electrical, insulated around the toilet stack for noise control, and started hanging sheetrock. Everything is beginner-friendly — I’m using the same tools and techniques I teach in

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Turning Dead Space Into Storage: Framing a Closet Around Bathroom Plumbing (Beginner Guide)

Hey, it’s Steve from CT Home Repair and Tutoring LLC. One of the best parts of this closet-to-bathroom project is making use of the space underneath. The plumbing from the new toilet runs right through the guest bedroom ceiling, so I decided to box it out and turn the area into a useful closet. Not

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Easy Guest Room Upgrade: Unboxing and Assembling a Mattress and Frame in Under an 30 minutes

Hey, it’s Steve from CT Home Repair and Tutoring LLC. I bought this mattress and frame specifically to test and review for the blog—I’ve been getting questions about affordable guest room upgrades, so I sourced a Noname Amazon mattress and frame to unbox, assemble, and share the real pros/cons. This is part of my series

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Tree Removal That Could Have Saved Our Kids’ Bedroom

Tree Removal That Could Have Saved Our Kids’ Bedroom – A Connecticut Dad’s Real-Life Lesson Hey, it’s Steve from CT Home Repair and Tutoring LLC. Last week we finally pulled the trigger on removing an 80-foot oak that had been worrying me for years. It wasn’t just any tree—it was rotting from the inside out,

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EcoFlow DELTA 1000 – My Real-World Test: How Long Will It Actually Run My Pellet Stove?

EcoFlow DELTA 1000 – My Real-World Test: How Long Will It Actually Run My Pellet Stove? I’ve been meaning to test this for months, so today I finally did it. I flipped the main breaker off, plugged our Harman pellet stove into the EcoFlow DELTA 1000, and let it run on medium. Here’s exactly what

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Welcome to the very first project post on CT Home Repair and Tutoring!

My family and I are turning our 7 ft × 7 ft walk-in closet into a full bathroom, and I’m documenting every single step so you can do the same thing in your own house without paying a contractor $10,000+. Today was a fun day of actual construction: framing the wall that will sit right

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