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How to Cut a Brick with Simple Hand Tools
Learn to use a hammer and a brick chisel to easily split bricks to size.
Keep the Keys Clean on ICFs
Snap steel tracks on top of insulated concrete forms to protect the interlocking keys and stiffen the walls while pouring concrete.
The Big Rewards of a Deep Energy Retrofit
A deep energy retrofit should be part of a comprehensive retrofit that improves several integrated factors: function, comfort, energy efficiency, durability, health, and aesthetics.
Podcast Episode 140: Getting the Details Right When Re-Siding
Advice for new siding over T&G cedar, adding to an outbuilding, replacing worn out replacement windows, and hiring a home inspector
How to Build a Better Shower Niche
A tile and stone pro offers detailed instructions for designing and installing a beautiful, custom niche with any type of tile.
Fix Your Tub Drain
Learn how to diagnose and repair a stopped-up or nonfilling bathtub.
Podcast Episode 139: Matt’s Walls Are Weeping
For all their simplicity of function, basements can get really complicated when water is added to the equation
Mitered Joints Make a Tiled Shower Niche Shine
All you need for tight-fitting miters in tile is an angle grinder and a steady hand.
Podcast Episode 138: Smarter Business for Builders, Part II
The second episode of a two-part series in which Justin interviews building-industry business consultant Shawn Van Dyke
Podcast Episode 137: Rethinking I-Joist Rafters
Advice on I-joist roof rafters, the perks and downsides of DIY spray foam, sheathing replacement, and what to do with cupped floor boards

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