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What's the Difference: Liquid solvents
Petroleum-based Go to the solvents section of a hardware store or home center to look for paint thinner, and you may be confused by the choices. Solvents that are great…
Air-Sealing a Basement
Learn the places where cold air is most likely to leak in during the winter and how best to seal them.
Comfortable Dining Nooks
Once you settle on the location, focus on providing maximum comfort to the users
Tailgate: Bill Smithers, Builder
The chief of CB/USA is working to organize the nation’s largest co-op for independent builders.
Essentials for a Carpenter’s Tool Belt
Keep these core framing tools within close reach.
French Polish for a Showpiece Handrail
In this "Master Carpenter" column, architectural finisher and furniture restorer Peter Gedrys explains the process he used for applying a French polish to a set of mahogany handrails. He began…
Should I Close My Attic Gable Vents?
Get insight into the complicated relationship between ridge vents, gable vents, and attic floors.
Painful skin cracks
Q: Every year when the weather turns cold, I develop painful cracks in my fingers. At times, the pain is so intense that I almost can’t use my hands. What’s the…
Drywall Patch Tip
As a drywall contractor, I often encounter situations where I have to patch walls of different thicknesses, from 1/4-in. to 7/8-in. for old plaster walls. Instead of carrying all those…
Aligning Drywall Corner Bead
A notched squaring device helps everything line up.

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