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A New Jersey design/build team recreates a large, comfortable porch with 19th-century details built to last into the 21st century and beyond.

Assemble the frames with pocket screws and trim plywood panels with molding for a traditional look.

From tropical hardwoods to man-made plastic composites, the choices are more varied than ever.

Available as single-shot, semiautomatic or full automatic, these low-velocity tools are the ones carpenters choose when driving fasteners into concrete or steel.

Despite the obstacles, converting that dark, scary place into comfortable living space is much cheaper than adding on.

Q: We are putting an addition on our Wisconsin home and elected to go with a concrete-block crawlspace. The floor joists rest on open block atop a layer of foam sill…

Careful planning and knowing exactly where the framing is help factory-made cabinets go in quickly and easily for a custom look with no nasty surprises.

Dry-laid walls reinforced with steel and filled with concrete make a weathertight, bugproof house.

Q: The interior walls of my mountain condominium are covered with tongue-and-groove clear cedar paneling. The paneling, installed about 15 years ago, has darkened with age as cedar usually does. I’d…

Here's a simple way to take some of the frustration out of painting doors. As shown in the drawing, I drive a couple of nails into the top and bottom…