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Retrofitting a Curbed Skylight
Get the flashing right to ensure leak-free skylights.
Ten Tips From a Home Inspector
Whether you're buying, selling or building, here are a few clues to some of the things that can go wrong in a house over time.
Venting a bathroom through SIPs
Q: The roof in my timber-frame home is covered with 10-in. thick structural insulated panels (SIPs) with tongue-and-groove pine laminated to the bottom to create the cathedral-ceiling surface. The bathrooms under…
Painting plastic
Q: The outside doors of my 13-year-old house have off-white plastic grilles that give the appearance of divided lites. I need to paint them, but the paints I have tested,…
Dealing with slippery floor tiles
Q: The bathrooms in my house had already been tiled when I bought the house, and it looks as if the tile installer used slick, high-gloss wall tiles for the shower…
Plywood orientation: horizontal or vertical?
Q: On a recent trip to the West Coast, I was fascinated by the fact that all the plywood sheathing was being installed vertically. Here in the Northeast, I’ve always…
The Improved Sawhorse: It Has Lips
My work as a carpenter who specializes in repairing and replacing exterior trim means that I spend a lot of time fussing with long workpieces that have to be planed…
Installing Large Ceiling Tiles
Learn how to install large tiles on your ceiling properly using expert bracing techniques.
The secret life of mud pans
When carpenters have to do the rare tape-and-mud job, it can seem that more mud ends up on jeans and floors than on walls and ceilings. Consequently, the mud pan…
Removing hardened caulk
I recently had to remove some old caulk from ceramic tile that would be in a prominent place over a new lavatory. I used a sharp chisel, but the tough…

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