Design and Planning - Page 78 of 439

A skilled carpenter offers advice for framing a safe and code-compliant staircase when renovating an existing elevated deck.

Get the information you need to select the right weatherproof boxes and covers for your exterior power receptacles.

Use these modern methods and materials to create a timeless and durable wood roof.

This essential reading list by carpenter and historic-preservation expert Brent Hull covers history, how-to, design, and more.

Educated in early colonial architecture and period-appropriate design, this instructor of preservation carpentry at the North Bennet Street School is teaching a new generation of craftspeople how to stabilize endangered buildings and recreate historical details.

Follow along as Fine Homebuilding captures the process of converting this drafty old house into an extremely energy-efficient family home.

Remaking a nearly century-old house to achieve net-zero energy and create an open floor plan for gathering with friends and family.

Building materials capable of reducing up-front carbon to zero are available, code-compliant, and affordable, study shows.

Remodeler Kiefer Limeback shares tips on how to select the right spray-foam gun, how to fill gaps of all shapes and sizes, and how to clean and store a foam gun.

To satisfy a client’s desire for lots of exposed structure, a builder removes conventional roof framing to make way for custom trusses.