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Can a propane tank be buried?
Q: I’d like to swap an electric tank-style water heater in favor of a gas-fired tankless model. I use propane for cooking, but I suspect that adding a water heater…
Keep Your Basement Dry With a Curtain Drain
If your house is under assault from groundwater, make perforated pipe your first line of defense.
Call Before You Dig just got easier
Last year, 675,000 underground distribution lines were damaged, estimated the Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a consortium of utility companies. The culprits are mostly homeowners who failed to call a dig-safe…
How to Outsmart a Rock
I had to install a post next to a porch stairway. After creating as small a hole as possible with my #2 shovel, I struck a 1-ft.-dia. rock at 26…
Locate Underground Pipes
Searching for underground pipes doesn't have to be expensive, all you need is a couple of cheap materials
PEX and pesticides: bad mix?
Q: In PEX Water Pipe: Is Copper on the Way Out? (FHB #180), Andy Engel says that “PEX is also susceptible to damage from certain oil- or solvent-based compounds and can…
So Easy Even a Carpenter Can Do It
Installing precast concrete foundation wall panels set on gravel footings
Mix Concrete by the Bag
A reliable and back-friendly approach to smarter concrete-mixing.
An Energy-Smart Foundation in Two Days
A compacted gravel footing is the only prep work required, and you don't have to wait for the weather.
Mixing Concrete in a Wheelbarrow
A simple wheelbarrow, a stiff rake, and a reliable process transform the task of mixing concrete from backbreaker to no-brainer

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