DIY Network

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DIY Network
Owned by	The E.W. Scripps Company
Slogan	launch=1999
Sister channel(s)	HGTV, Food Network, Great American Country, Fine Living
Website	diynetwork.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 230
Dish Network	Channel 111
Cable
Verizon FiOS	Channel 137
Comcast	Channels May Vary
Time Warner Cable	Channels May Vary
Charter	Channels May Vary
Cox Cable	Channels May Vary

The DIY Network is a channel owned by Scripps Howard which focuses on do it yourself projects at home.

Television stations air local versions with local hosts with segments produced by the network.

It is also carried over Satellite television on DirecTV channel 230, and Dish Network channel 111. Branded DIY Network programming is also broadcast in Japan and the Philippines.

The shows carried over the network cover the gamut of various activities which are capable of being performed by amateurs at home. These include:

Auto repairs, ranging from simple repairs such as adding stereo speakers, all the way to engine rebuilding.
Contracting by homeowners, how families helped build, or acted as General Contractor and supervised the construction of their new homes.
Home repairs, ranging from simple activities such as painting, minor hole filling, and drywall repairs, to more complicated procedures such as door, window and wall addition, removal and replacement, all the way to roof repair.
Jewelry making
Motorcycle and motorbike repairs and upgrades
Plumbing repairs including installation of appliances such as garbage disposals, dishwashers and refrigerators having in-door ice and water
Quilting and quilt repairs
Recreational vehicle usage and maintenance
Scrapbooking
Video production including taping and editing one's home videos.
Knitting
Woodworking
Gardening
Boating

The network also carries reruns of the series This Old House, originally a Public Broadcasting series on families who had their homes remodeled or rehabilitated.