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Trimming Out the Main House
Building a Victorian headquarters for George Lucas.
Seismic Retrofits
Anchor bolts and shear walls are the way to beef up older homes in earthquake-prone areas.
Dustless Drilling
After our company had painted and decorated the interior of an ornate 19th-century church, we had to install a new sound system. This meant drilling through a 20-in. thick plaster…
Rotary fishing rod
When fishing a wire for a doorbell recently, I ran into a seemingly impossible situation. I'd drilled the hole for the bell-push, and an angled hole through the wall plate into…
Installing a Sheet-Vinyl Floor
Whether flat-lay or coved, use a felt-paper pattern for best results.
Lockset Retrofit
I recently hung some old doors that had been drilled to accept 1-3/4-in. locksets. These locksets needed replacing. To enlarge the old holes to house the new 2-1/8-in. cylinder sets,…
Removing drywall
A short piece of copper tubing is an excellent tool for removing drywall. First locate the nails, either by prying loose one edge of the drywall panel or by tapping…
Curbless Skylights
Insulated glass mounted flush with the roof in a low-cost, site-built design.
Increasing the Power Supply
Antiquated wiring can be a real frustration during a remodeling job -- under a load, compressors and tablesaws are always blowing fuses. When this happens, I do one of two…
Circuit savvy
While remodeling my house, I have found it frustrating trying to locate the breaker that deactivates the circuit I am working on. The circuit box is no longer labeled correctly,…

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