How To
How to Plunge a Sink
When you have a clogged or slow-running drain, plunging should be your first course of action. Plunging creates pressure that forces a clog to move, allowing water to push it through your plumbing and out of the way. Since plunging involves no caustic che...
How to Start a Successful Custom Furniture Design Business
Knowing how to start your own custom design furniture business is essential to any furniture designer wanting to sell his or her own designs. If you have a good eye for what customers want and can tailor your designs to their needs, you have the foundatio...
How to Replace a Water Heater
A water heater is an essential home appliance, responsible for providing hot water to the home. When water begins to leak from the bottom of a water heater, it is time to replace it. Leaking is a sign of corroding and wear within the tank. Most hot water...
How to Read Email Headers
Learning to read email headers is a skill used when trying to determine the path an electronic message follows from the sender to the recipient. This skill can be applied in several facets, from protecting someone's children from harmful emails to helping...
How to Size Cross Country Skis
Cross country skiing is a low-impact aerobic exercise that utilizes almost all the muscles in the body. It may improve your cardiovascular system and muscle tone. To ensure that you get the most out of this sport, it's important to find the right size cro...
How to Pickle Quail Eggs
Quail eggs are considered a delicacy because of their unique, delicious flavor and the fact that they're harder to come by than regular eggs. Their slightly more fragile nature makes them perfect for pickling; you can use a sweet, savory, beet-flavored, o...
How to Prepare Soil for a Vegetable Garden: Testing, Amending & Tilling
Before you start planting vegetables, it’s important that you prepare the ground just right so that your crops grow to be ripe and delicious when harvest time comes around. If you’re a first-time gardener, checking things like soil type, nutrient levels,...
How to Paint Your Wheels
If you are looking to add style to your car, or if your old car needs to be revitalized, painting your wheels could be the magic touch you need. You can certainly have this done in a shop, but it is also possible to do it yourself. If you are up for a wee...
How to Study when You're High
Studying high is a bad idea, but it happens. There are a number of challenges you might encounter when studying high. You’ll probably wind up being very tired and groggy or you might be jumpy or wired. Either way, your mind will probably feel muddled. You...
How to Wire a Doorbell
Whether you’re replacing an old doorbell or installing a new one, wiring a doorbell is actually much easier than you may think. A doorbell is powered by a doorbell transformer, which needs to be professionally installed so it can safely and properly draw...
How to Make a Harp
Harps come in all shapes and sizes, but at its core the harp is a simple triangular frame with a series of strings of varying lengths. Making a harp requires a serious investment of time and energy, as well as some specialized tools. Before making a harp,...
How to Find Hidden Cameras
This wikiHow teaches you how to find hidden cameras in places such as houses and buildings. Even though hidden cameras are incredibly small and easy to hide, there are a few techniques you can use to search for them under the right conditions. If you find...
How to Diagnose Multiple Sclerosis
Learning you may have multiple sclerosis (MS) is scary, but the condition can be managed. MS is an autoimmune disorder that can cause weakness throughout your body, vision problems, lack of balance, and fatigue. Since there is no specific diagnostic proto...
How to Diagnose Multiple Sclerosis
Learning you may have multiple sclerosis (MS) is scary, but the condition can be managed. MS is an autoimmune disorder that can cause weakness throughout your body, vision problems, lack of balance, and fatigue. Since there is no specific diagnostic proto...
How to Fly a Helicopter
Ever dreamed of piloting a helicopter? Flying a helicopter, or rotorcraft, requires a different set of skills than flying an airplane, although there are some similarities. While an airplane depends on forward motion to move air over the wings and create...
How to Replace Window Screens
Screen windows may become damaged over time, but replacing the entire screen and frame isn't your only option. Putting a new screen in the frame is relatively easy, whether you're using a metal, vinyl, or wood frame. With a vinyl or metal frame, you can s...