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A methodical approach to blocking
Here's a slick way for one carpenter to walk a wall while installing blocking with a minimum of wasted effort. As shown in the drawing, I start a 16d nail…
Rainwater-Collection Systems
When water is scarce, collecting rain in a cistern and pumping it into your house make good sense.
Getting Appliances to Fit
Careful planning from the start is the key to a functional, hassle-free kitchen.
Video Vault: Stop Ceiling Fan Blade Wobble
Using the balancing clip is a tedious job, but necessary when all else fails.
Treating a crawlspace as a basement
Q: I’m building a new home soon, and my builder wants to try an unconventional type of heating system. The crawlspace would be insulated and heated by small openings cut into…
Tying a chimney to a house
Q: I’m repointing a single-flue brick chimney on the gable end of a roof. When I was just about at the top, I realized that the chimney had not been…
Choosing Kitchen Countertops
The perfect marriage of cost, aesthetics and performance is what suits your lifestyle and budget best.
The stucco anvil
Here in California, we remodel plenty of stucco homes and install lots of new windows in their old walls. The tricky part is making a seamless patch between the new…
A Gallery of Favorite Bath Details
It's the little things that make a good bathroom great.
Residential Steam Showers
Once limited to spas, steam showers at home are good for relaxing, easing a cold or impressing the neighbors.

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