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Dealing with truss uplift
Q: I work with a Habitat for Humanity group building small homes with truss roofs. I wanted to attach the nonbearing interior walls to the trusses to help keep the…
A Builder’s Real-Life First-Aid Kit
Bandages, bee-sting medicine and everything else a carpenter shouldn't leave home without.
Comfort and Delight on a Low Mortgage
How one family got the house they wanted for less than $100,000.
Bench-Built Window Trim
How one trim carpenter turns jamb extensions into an advantage by using them to reinforce preassembled window casings.
Framing and Sheathing Floors
If you do the layout carefully and precut all the joists, the floor will go together quickly like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
Installing Laminate Flooring
Phototransfer technology allows an almost infinite variety of designs on this durable, engineered flooring.
Strange marks on measuring tapes
Q: I’ve purchased a few new measuring tapes over the past year, and I have noticed that they have a new mark on them that my old tapes didn’t have. Every…
Choosing Boilers and Controls for Warm Floors
You don't want the noise and dust associated with furnaces; you want the comfort of radiant heat. Here are some options for heating the water and getting it to your floors.
Insulating an air handler
Q: My house has the air handler in the attic (including AC/heat-pump coil and emergency back-up electric heater for the second floor). The ductwork in the attic is insulated; however, the air…
Replacing a Chimney Cap
Homeowners rarely see their chimney caps, and few people have ever called me to repair them. But when I'm asked to inspect a roof or an attic, I generally find myself looking down at the top of the chimney.

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