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Working With Rebar
The bones beneath concrete's muscle, rebar has to be cut, bent, and tied properly to do its job.
The problem of latex over oil paint
It's amazing to me how often contractors and homeowners alike apply latex paint directly over a semigloss oil finish without first roughening up the old surface or applying a primer.…
Building a Deck Over a Living Space
If you don't want the roof to leak, careful flashing details and a watertight membrane should be your primary concerns.
Inspecting a House: Foundations, Structural Supports, and Decks
Learn to distinguish problems that are cosmetic from problems that are structural.
10 Common Wiring Problems
These frequently found mistakes could cost you your house or your life.
Flashing a Chimney
Installing the flashing along with the bricks makes for a more secure and much better-looking job.
Building Square Columns With Entasis
A little math and a shop-made router template give classical curves to plywood box columns.
Setting Prehung Doors
With hollow-core doors, you can skip the shims and hang the jambs from the casing without sacrificing quality.
Supporting a Cantilevered Bay
Before you build that eye-catching bay onto the side of a house, you have to get the floor framing right.
Joints in a built-up beam
Q: My brother and I have worked together building many houses. He insists that we can let the joints in the layers of a built-up center beam fall between the…

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