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How to Protect a Window Opening During Sash Restoration
If you don't have storms, you'll need to close off the windows while repairing the sash. Here's an easy and secure system.
Keep Craft Alive: Ben Brunick, Woodworker
“If you can make a board flat, straight, and square, you can do just about anything.”
Restore a Wood Window Sash
When repairs are in order, a steam box, an easel, and two-part epoxy are your best friends.
Podcast Episode 91 — Solar Roofs and Collapsing Sheds
If you could recreate your house from scratch, what trim material would you use?
Compact Cabin Kitchen
A log cabin in Virginia, built around 1828, offers an interesting photographic challenge.
Podcast Episode 74 — The Risks of Insulating Old Brick Homes
Crown molding, eye safety, clapboard siding, and "the nerdery never stops"!
Podcast Episode 64: Top-Down Shingling, Dormers, Trimwork, and Working Alone
Brian's visit with master carpenter Ben Brunick includes a discussion of preservation carpentry, pool tables, and window sashes.
Podcast Episode 63 — Roofing, Scaffolds, and Venting for Rob’s House
Also, copper wiring vs. aluminum -- and new basement supports in a 280-year-old farmhouse.
Back to the Chalkboard
This kitchen's central design feature is an argument for reuse and repurpose.
Podcast Episode 61 — Jeremy Martin Interview
A deep dive into doing business right: cost-plus contracts, pricing issues, dealing with customer-homeowners, pre-construction services, and change orders.

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