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Forming and Pouring Foundations
Foundations hold up the house, hold back the earth, and keep out the water. If they're not level and square, you may end up custom-cutting every rafter.
Fast, Accurate Small-Batch Concrete Mixing
When we need to mix 60-lb. bags of ready-mix concrete, we make it easy on ourselves with the following procedure. We begin with a 5-gal. joint-compound bucket with about 3…
Slate in a shower
Q: I thoroughly enjoyed Tom Meehan’s article Tiling With Limestone. My wife just purchased 520 sq. ft. of multicolored 12-in. by 12-in. slate tile that varies in thickness from 3/8…
Metal roofs and lightning
Q: We are building a log home with a metal (Galvalume) roof in a hilly area, but not at the top of the hill. With the metal roof, should we be…
Danger Can Be a State of Mind
When it comes to job-site safety, your emotional well-being is as important as earplugs and safety goggles.
Tapered Vacuum Nozzle for Anchor-Bolt Retrofits
I frequently drill holes in concrete foundations for seismic anchors, such as all-thread bolts. The bolts are bonded to the concrete with epoxy, which means the holes that I drill…
GFI outlets on wooden decks
Q: I’ve been told that GFI outlets are not a shock deterrent on wooden decks. I work at a home center in San Diego where customers routinely purchase GFIs to replace…
Router-Scribed Shingles
I've seen a number of tips for cutting outside corners on shingled walls, but none is as simple or foolproof as the method shown in the drawing. As illustrated, I…
Filling nail holes in whitewashed cabinets
We install a great deal of prefinished cabinets in our kitchen projects. I have always hated the necessary evil of using the hard putty sticks provided by the manufacturers to…
Holding Crown Molding
I sometimes work alone, which means I'm always devising ways of holding up the other end of a board. When it comes to crown molding, I've occasionally used a l0d…

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