Ryan Shervill

Test yourself. In 20 seconds or less, answer the following four questions:1. Do you have a fire extinguisher in your shop?2. Where is it exactly?3. Is it functional or in need of a recharge?4. What type(s) of fire(s) is it made...

When I heard the Incra line of mitre gauges had come to Canada, I ordered one right away. Of the three models available, the basic V27, the standard 1000SE and the large-capacity 3000SE, I chose the 1000SE. The gauge is a...

Essentially a flat piece of steel with a sharp burr formed on the edge, a cabinet scraper removes shavings of wood rather than grinding it into fine sawdust as sandpaper does. Back before the invention of sandpaper, craftsmen...

With the primer dry, the next step was to get rid of the dip once and for all…..and the best method for dealing with uneven spots that require a smooth finish has to be self-levelling concrete. For anyone who isn't familiar, SLC...

It was time to move on to getting the kitchen floor done so we could prep for the cabinets that were due to arrive from Kraftmaid at any time. Now the subfloor was sound, but the patching I had done created some seams that I...

I'll spare the bandwidth detailing the hours of final drywall prep….it's not exactly interesting (nor something I'd particularly like to re-live) but after the final coat of mud (and of course….the sanding), we were ready for...

Wallboard, drywall, or gyproc….whatever you call it, help is a good idea. Not being able to stomach the Barney-purple haze that was my living room, I couldn’t wait to get the drywall up! Just like every other job though,...

Well, not really disaster…but a fly in the ointment for sure. Remember how I said I made the sink removable? Well…I had pulled it out from the wall to prep for the next step, unhooking the drain and trap but leaving the...

So…the cabinets are gone, walls are down, insulation gone, and the house is an empty shell…except for the flooring. The first job was to tackle the kitchen floor, and let me tell you: It was waaaay more work than I was...

Back to it. So after the rot discovery yesterday, I decided to dig a little further and see how far the damage went. Turns out that the rot was the result of a deck that once ran along that part of the house. Back in the 70’s,...