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Designs Like These Are Why Wallpaper is Making a Comeback
This-70-year-old British company has kept up with the times with a diverse collection of wall coverings to fit any style home.
How to Insulate Walls with No Sheathing
Use one of these two energy-smart details to make existing walls more energy-efficient when doing a gut rehab on an old home that has no exterior sheathing under the siding.
Yellowed Drywall
Q: My garage has drywall on the ceiling and walls that has been taped but never painted or apparently even primed. The house is 10 years old, and the garage…
Tough Drywall
This high-performance drywall is one of the strongest out there.
Joe Lstiburek’s Ideal Double-Stud Wall
This wall design ensures good performance and solves the problems of inside and outside moisture.
Remove One Wall and Join Two Rooms
Hanging the ceiling joists from an engineered beam is the fast, simple way to replace a bearing wall.
An Easy Way To Build a Well-Insulated House
Builder Stephen Bonfiglioli describes how he builds an R-30 wall using strips of rigid foam insulation on the interior of the studs as a thermal break.
Air-Sealing SIP Seams
Houses built with structural insulated panels require unique methods of air-sealing to ensure an airtight thermal envelope.
How to Finish Drywall and Not Make a Total Mess
One person spreads compound and the other smooths it out with a MagicTrowel to leave an even skim-coated surface.
Cutting Drywall
The right techniques make for speedy, accurate cuts.

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