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On a recent remodeling project, I needed to remove a window and fill the resulting hole with cinder blocks. Ordinarily, this wouldn't be a big deal, but this wall was…

Q: I just read William B. Rose’s excellent article, Details for a Dry Foundation. But nothing in his article or in any other that I’ve read deals with the problem of…

The other day I drove past a building site and saw a backhoe being loaded onto a trailer. Two young, strong laborers who were in for a long day were…

Q: The fireplace in Richard T. Kreh Sr.’s article Building an Efficient Fireplace has a smoke shelf, but it also has an interior chimney. As I understand it, the smoke shelf…

Shouldn't the largest investment most people ever make come with a big, thick instruction book?

Safety, security and aesthetics all play an important part in illuminating the outside of your house.

Electrician Mel Minor installs a lot of recessed light fixtures in ceilings. In some cases he has to cut the hole in the drywall as well as mount the fixture…

With a housed stringer on one side and an open, mitered stringer on the other, these stairs look harder to build than they are.

I'm a trim carpenter who prefers to cope crown molding rather than cut inside miters. I use a variety of tools to shape the cuts, and one of my favorites…

When running crown molding, I often have to pull a piece down to do a little fussing with the cope cuts or to tweak a piece up or down. Even…