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Articles
  1. What's the Difference: Connecting PVC pipe
  2. What's the Difference: Disposable respirators
  3. Making a French knot
  4. Do-it-all trowel
  5. Belt sander built for scribing
  6. Temporary chalklines
  7. Slap-cap stapler
  8. Oregon considers 'building envelope' certification for builders and subs
  9. 10 technologies you can use right now
  10. Call Before You Dig just got easier
  11. Building science goes ballistic
  12. Reader Feedback: Issue 189, August/September 2007
  13. Leakproof drain in a shower
  14. Ring-shank nails for clapboards
  15. Will a rooftop fan cure a stuffy upstairs?
  16. Additions Need Not Apply
  17. Interview with a Cabinetmaker
  18. Less is More: An Interview with David Getts
  19. Never the Same Thing Twice: An Interview with Joel Wheeler
  20. Keep it Simple: An Interview with Joe Lanza
  21. A Handle on the Trade: An Interview with Rex Alexander
  22. Built to Outlast: An Interview with Jon Frost
  23. The Ecstasy of Possibility: An Interview with Louis Mackall
  24. More Miter-Saw Stands Reviewed
  25. A Basement Bedroom Demands an Egress Window
  26. 6 Great Miter-Saw Stands
  27. Personalizing an Everyday Ranch
  28. The Best Way to Insulate a Rim Joist
  29. Signature Details for Kitchen Cabinets
  30. Drywall cracks above a door
  31. An easier handrail connection
  32. Bells are Ringing
  33. Designing accessible entries
  34. Keep Your Basement Dry With a Curtain Drain
  35. Porches with Personality
  36. Save Time with Factory-Framed Floors
  37. Accent Lighting for Your Deck
  38. Cutting Miter Returns
  39. Low-Tech Hole-Cutting Tip
  40. The Big Drawer
  41. Customize Caulk Colors
  42. Pickup-Bed Debris Control
  43. Site-Built Peashooter
  44. How to Outsmart a Rock
  45. Production Pipe-Soldering
  46. Kitchen-lighting basics
  47. Replacing a Garbage Disposal
  48. How to Trim a Basement Window
Video
  1. Factory-Framed Floors
  2. Build a Cutting Gauge
  3. Video Vault: Repair Garbage Disposals Safely
  4. Miter-Saw-Stand Madness
Magazine
  1. Issue 189
Discussion Forum
  1. Lufkin Red End Ruler
  2. Uneven octagon roof
  3. How do you cope with the HEAT?
  4. Supporting Bent Rebar in Footing
  5. fir vs pine cdx ply
  6. bathtub crooked
  7. 2 Years Late
  8. Painting block wall
  9. Stair tread runners
  10. Wet Wall Solution?
  11. Rikon 14″ Delux Bandsaw

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