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Smart Deck-Framing Strategies
Ledger brackets, flexible flashing, and a joist-hanger jig are a few field-tested tricks for overcoming construction challenges.
Sonotube Cutoff Fixture
While helping a friend with his house, I had to cut 12-ft.-long Sonotubes (both 18 in. dia. and 24 in. dia.) into 4-ft. lengths. Because I needed more than 60…
Footing and Foundation in One Pour
For small projects, you can save time and money if you form and pour all the concrete at once.
Energy Efficient From the Ground Up
One builder's plan yields Vermont's most energy-efficient house.
Sandbags as Concrete-Form Anchors
Jonathan White's method for anchoring pyramid-shaped footing forms on a sloped site (see Preventing pier-form uplift) brought to mind another approach that I have used to solve similar problems. As…
Preventing Pier-Form Uplift
Learn how to avoid lifting forms and ensure a successful concrete project.
Forming and Pouring Foundations
Foundations hold up the house, hold back the earth, and keep out the water. If they're not level and square, you may end up custom-cutting every rafter.
Forming and Pouring Footings
Creating straight, level, and sturdy footings is the first step in building a long-lasting home. Here's how to do it right.
Save your steel stakes
I use steel foundation stakes to support the formboards for the concrete foundations I build. The stakes are easy to drive, and they have holes drilled in them for driving…
Round corners for concrete forms
I was on a job that required a poured-concrete step with 6-in. radius curved corners. I've had good luck in the past using hardboard to form odd-shaped curves, but the…

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