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What’s the Difference: Common Tile Backerboards
HardieBacker, Durock, and DensShield each has characteristics that affect where it can be installed and how tile is placed on it.
Keep Your Basement Dry With a Curtain Drain
If your house is under assault from groundwater, make perforated pipe your first line of defense.
The Best Way to Insulate a Rim Joist
Stop energy losses with a spray-foam kit.
Video Vault: Repair Garbage Disposals Safely
Learn how to clear a jammed garbage disposal and replace the unit properly.
Replacing a Garbage Disposal
Here's what to do when troubleshooting reveals a quick garbage-disposal fix or repair is not an option.
Drywall cracks above a door
Q: How do I repair stress cracks in drywall above door jambs? The cracks go straight up as well as off at a 45° angle. Wayne Paley, via email, None…
Ring-shank nails for clapboards
Q: Until recently, I thought everybody installed clapboards using stainless-steel ring-shank nails because of their holding power. Recently, I’ve heard people argue that smooth-shank nails are a better choice because they…
Pickup-Bed Debris Control
Here is a way to save you some cleanup time when you make a construction-debris dump run. Instead of the old way, which had me cleaning out the back of…
Production Pipe-Soldering
When I have a considerable amount of copper-pipe sweating to do, I insert a wire brush that corresponds to the inside diameter of the pipe fittings. I can clean them…
Magnetic Nail Cleanup
How you can capitalize on an age-old technique used to clean debris

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