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Articles
  1. Coping moldings
  2. 12-in. Compound-Miter Saws
  3. Central Air Conditioning: Bigger Isn’t Better
  4. Give a Custom Look to a Common Sink
  5. Out on the Porch
  6. A Busy Family Branches Out
  7. Taking Basements to a New Level
  8. Lighting Up a Half-Bath
  9. The Greening of a ‘50s Kitchen
  10. Balancing Cost and Style
  11. Patio Doors
  12. Make the Most of a Small Addition
  13. Repairing a firebox
  14. Why do my lights flicker?
  15. The doorstop stops here
  16. Two storage strategies
  17. A reason to tint your spackle
  18. Octagonal Porch Posts
  19. Invisible Drywall Seams
  20. Dramatic Skylight
  21. Another Hinge-Mortising Template
  22. Flattening Warped Plywood
  23. Perfect Miter Joints Every Time
  24. Get Your Deck Off to a Good Start
  25. Coping Moldings
  26. Sink Choices for Small Bathrooms
  27. Measuring Inside Diagonals with a Tape Measure
  28. Does a roof always need to be vented?
  29. Cantilevered Deck Step
  30. Mini-Roller Cleanup Trick
  31. Fixing a Broken Floor Joist
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  1. Invisible Drywall Seams
Discussion Forum
  1. Obelisks, anyone?
  2. Help ladder leveler
  3. match aluminum siding/straight 8/beaded
  4. Mouse odors
  5. Bath fixtures w/little clearance
  6. Foundation insulation
  7. Mitering tiles vs. Bullnose
  8. proposal detail question
  9. Kitchen Cabinets or Flooring First?
  10. Curved Deck
  11. Plumbing question- sudden reduced flow
  12. Tripping threshhold
  13. Replacing a rotted exterior door
  14. ?stain removal concrete?
  15. Closed-cell vs. open cell foam
  16. Nailing Ext. Trim
  17. Putting back drywall cutouts?
  18. computer gurus, help…
  19. Painting 100+yr wood-adhesion
  20. GFI persistently tripping
  21. Radiant systems – opinions wanted
  22. Birthday Boy
  23. Cleaning HVLP gun
  24. looking to learn
  25. Elec Power for Band
  26. Red chalkline chalk stains on skin/shirt
  27. What type of insulation?
  28. Backfilling Against Sill for Stone Patio
  29. FHB #30 through #163
  30. Backfilling Framed Wall for Patio
  31. How Do You Hang Upper Cabinets?
  32. Where to put the sofa
  33. Pay for philadelphia area carpenter

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