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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.
Prescription Safety Glasses
They can be hard to find, but today's safety glasses are as attractive as designer street glasses and offer much better protection.
Sandbags as Concrete-Form Anchors
Jonathan White's method for anchoring pyramid-shaped footing forms on a sloped site (see Preventing pier-form uplift) brought to mind another approach that I have used to solve similar problems. As…
Deadly Dust
Crystalline silica is a basic and dangerous component of most masonry materials, and few people know about it
Ten Tips From a Home Inspector
Whether you're buying, selling or building, here are a few clues to some of the things that can go wrong in a house over time.
Exterior-Trim Details That Last
Flexible caulk joints combined with a drainage path for moisture keep vulnerable trim elements rot-free.
Dealing with slippery floor tiles
Q: The bathrooms in my house had already been tiled when I bought the house, and it looks as if the tile installer used slick, high-gloss wall tiles for the shower…
Removing Glued-Down Carpet
Discover a hassle-free way to efficiently remove glued-down carpet using C-clamps.

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