Tips & Techniques
Tips & Techniques is a collection of methods, tools, and jigs that our readers have devised to get things done on their own construction projects. Email photos and descriptions of your tips to us at [email protected]; post them with the #FineHomebuildingTips hashtag on Instagram; or upload them to FineHomebuilding.com/reader-tips for a chance to have them featured in an issue of Fine Homebuilding Magazine. Plus, we pay for any tips we publish.
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Deck-Board Straightener
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Protect Cabinetry With Stepladder Bumpers
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Precut Shims for Faster Door Hanging
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Seal Toilets Partway to Detect Leaks
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Mobile Kitchen Island on Furniture Glides
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Makeshift Mud Mixer for Drywall
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Smart Deck Spacers
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An Easier Way to Measure Long Spans
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Drywall Cutouts With Wiggle Room
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Longer-Lasting Trailer Decks