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Articles
  1. Laminating a curved rail with a vacuum press
  2. Celebrating Built-in Storage
  3. What's the Difference: Three-strand twisted rope
  4. Studded traction for boots
  5. Push-fit plumbing
  6. Trim takes a spin
  7. Pint-size miter saw
  8. Psst … want to buy some unused square footage?
  9. Web sites we like: February/March 2008 issue
  10. Germans take first prize in solar competition
  11. Reader Feedback: Issue 193, February/March 2008
  12. Tile backerboard
  13. Does PV waste energy?
  14. High-performance HVAC systems
  15. A Fence Forever
  16. A Clever Kitchen Built-in
  17. A Better Home Right Now
  18. Setting Up an Efficient Job-Site Shop
  19. Is a carriage bolt as strong as a machine bolt?
  20. My $14,000 Lamp
  21. Site-built rotary wire brush
  22. Cold-weather job-site dehumidifier
  23. A better way to install threaded-pipe plugs
  24. A Balcony Deck Built to Last
  25. What’s the Difference: Fire-Resistant Drywall
  26. Latinos Will Drive the Next Housing Boom
  27. Can This Dormer Be Saved?
  28. Pulling stubborn nails
  29. Electrical Outlets: Upside-Down or Right-Side-Up?
  30. Clamping Obtuse Miter Joints
  31. Tools for Installing Fiber-Cement Siding
  32. Selecting Paint-Grade Interior Trim
  33. A Smarter Way to Flash
  34. Plumbing a Basement Bathroom
  35. Crawlspace-Debris Removal
  36. Laying Out Wainscot Paneling
  37. Matching Paint-Grade Trim
  38. An Improved Rafter Pattern
Video
  1. Custom Knives, Custom Moldings
  2. Video Vault: Nail Removal Tricks
  3. Cutting Fiber Cement with Shears
  4. Cutting Fiber-Cement Siding with a Circular Saw
  5. Cutting Curves and Holes in Fiber Cement
Magazine
  1. Issue 193
Discussion Forum
  1. Design choices: finishes, fixtures, etc.
  2. Why 1-1/2″ instead of .125″?
  3. this old wet house
  4. Crown molding interior 45 degree cut
  5. Junk
  6. waterlox on floors?
  7. Bathroom redo
  8. Quartz Countertops
  9. led lighting
  10. Wrapping Window & Door Jambs with Alum.
  11. Laminte Flooring
  12. Construction acident
  13. Multiple Vents in Same Wall
  14. PT Slabs
  15. Inset cab door hinges
  16. only ryobi table saw lovers,all 3 of us
  17. prefab shower pans
  18. Kitchen Craft
  19. RIDGID 14 Gallon Pro Vac WD1450
  20. Redwood hands
  21. Buissness questions
  22. What thinset for Ditra????
  23. Hot water line filter?
  24. bad GFCI’s, what’s going on?
  25. Milwaukee Parts
  26. Gravity feed recirculation system
  27. tubular skylites
  28. drain venting
  29. Paperless DW
  30. Where should the Food Disposal go?

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