Tips & Techniques

The little gadget shown in the drawing is a device I learned about many years ago when I was doing production door hanging. None of its dimensions are critical. I…

Learn how to use 2x4s and a utility knife to get precision cuts on 9-ft. rolls of housewrap.

A temporary support beam lets you put deck forms in on day one.

I had just started a kitchen remodel, and I needed to come up with a dust barrier that would protect the dining room and be easy to take down for…

When our carpenter began repair work on our eave vents, he worked his way around the house with a little help from a sheet of 3/4-in. plywood. As shown in…

If you have a bathroom with old ceramic tile, chances are the towel bars are made with ceramic end brackets and bars of plastic or plastic-covered wood. If yours are…

It always seems that as soon as you set up the power tools and workbench in the yard or driveway to begin a remodeling project, the clouds roll in. I…

To avoid the high price of cylindrical cardboard concrete forms, I made my own out of sheets of scrap corrugated-metal roofing. As shown in the drawing below, I used self-tapping…

An old aluminum ladder is at the core of this simple, sturdy homemade workbench.

I recently had to fish a wire down a wall chase and through a couple of joist bays, and I had to drill the holes through the joists at an…