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More Wires Need Bigger Boxes
The National Electrical Code limits the number of wires in a box. Here's how to figure the size box you need.
Becoming a Builder
I’d like to leave the corporate rat race behind and build houses. Am I crazy?
Choosing and Installing a Ceiling Fan
The right fan in the right location will keep you comfortable in winter as well as in summer.
The 25-ft. fish tape in your tool belt
I needed to pull wire in a wall to hook up some speakers on my porch. I thought about buying a fish tape, but the cheapest one at Home Depot…
Flashing Brick-Veneer Walls
Good masonry work blocks most rainwater, and proper flashing details expel what does get through.
Blind-nailing clapboards
Q: I am about to side a house with 1/2-in. by 6-in. beveled prestained cedar-clapboard siding. I would like the fasteners not to be exposed, so I was thinking of just attaching…
Splitting angles
Q: I’m having a devil of a time trying to figure out the funky miter angle where the top of a stair skirtboard meets a horizontal baseboard. The skirt is at…
Cutting and Setting Common Rafters
Rafters are the most basic element to a gable roof, so measure and lay them out carefully to make your roof look like it grew there.
Using a Story Pole to Lay Out Stairs
A simple full-scale pattern takes the confusion out of figuring consistent and safe stair-tread heights.
Wall-Sheathing Insulation Stops
I switched to blown-in cellulose insulation in attics of new homes a few years ago. Watching the installers prepping one job, I saw the trouble they had to go to…

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