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Emergency flat-roof repair
When a roof leaks, it's not the kind of situation where you can schedule a roofer for sometime next month. It needs to be fixed right now. Because most flat…
Aerosol-tube storage
Most aerosol cans of solvents and lubricants come with a piece of plastic tubing for directing the can's contents into hardto-reach areas. In my experience, the tube is soon lost.…
Ensuring the Durability of Energy-Efficient Houses
Why are so many of today's homes plagued by rot, mildew and stale air, and what can we do about it?
Strengthening a Lath-and-Plaster Ceiling
After a big chunk of plaster fell out of the ceiling in our living room, we looked for a way to stabilize what remained. Someone told us about Plaster Washers, which…
Filling a Cavity Under a Slab
Some nasty runoff eroded a cavity under the edge of my concrete patio, and I became concerned about the lack of bearing along its edge. Sooner or later, the slab…
Pipe-Soldering Shield
One evening last spring, I was sweating together some copper water lines in my unfinished house. As my acetylene flame scorched a joist, I realized that I needed to find…
Extension-Cord Basics
Wire size, jacket materials and voltage drop are important, often-ignored features of these ubiquitous job-site umbilicals.
Retrofitting a Foundation
Digging and pouring a foundation with the house suspended in the air require patience, great subs, and a little sleight of hand.
Shingling a low-slope roof
Q: I plan to reshingle the low-slope roof (2-in-12 pitch) on my country cabin here in Canada. I would rather not have to remove the old shingles, but the roof…
Preventing cracked ceramic floor tiles
My grandfather was a tilesetter from the old country who once told me that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, especially when confronted with the risk…

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