Skills and Techniques - Page 519 of 644

Last winter's snows brought back memories of sidewall shingling after a snowstorm. Sun would hit the snow-covered roof and melt the snow, and rivulets of water would drip on us no…

Careful layout and accurate miters make installing a two-part trim an easier process.

Flanking a shed dormer with a pair of gable dormers adds light and space inside while jazzing up the roofline.

The homemade device shown here is one of those gadgets that makes me wonder the proverbial, "Why didn't I think of that?" Designed by Andrew Kerley, the tool is a triangle…

Blown in behind the drywall, high-density cellulose air-seals as it insulates.

After a big chunk of plaster fell out of the ceiling in our living room, we looked for a way to stabilize what remained. Someone told us about Plaster Washers, which…

Formal or not, comfortable, thought-out dining spaces add to the pleasure of a good meal.

Some nasty runoff eroded a cavity under the edge of my concrete patio, and I became concerned about the lack of bearing along its edge. Sooner or later, the slab…

One evening last spring, I was sweating together some copper water lines in my unfinished house. As my acetylene flame scorched a joist, I realized that I needed to find…

As a construction coordinator for Habitat for Humanity, I'm always looking for ways to save resources on our home-building projects. Recently, a couple of windy days taught us a few…