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When I started working at Fine Homebuilding in 1994, I had been a homeowner for less than a year and was petrified of doing any type of work on my…

After the initial shock of finding so much deterioration of the wood in this crawlspace, its time to plan repairs.

Learn tricks for locating a shampoo niche, cutting the tile backer, building the sides and ensuring the base won’t collect water.

Remodeler Matt Jackson introduces SketchUp — the easy-to-use free 3D drawing software from Google — as a great tool for planning and selling small construction projects.

For green building to survive it has to become bilingual.

A modified tape measure makes a great tool for fishing wires through walls and ceilings with insulation in them when adding a new circuit.

I've rarely used a table saw that had a blade guard installed on it. Mostly because the blade guards are so poorly designed, that they cause more trouble than they…

I admit I was caught off guard on this one.  Usually I can tell when I'm about to open up a proverbial can of worms, but not this time.  My…

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Basements, walls, and roofs that keep weather out and heat in are the foundation of a durable, energy-efficient home. Read this introduction to how heat, air, and water move and…