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What’s the Difference: Pressure-Treated Lumber
Learn more about the various types of pressure-treated lumber, where you can find the retention level, and why making the right choice is so crucial.
Why Do We Need Control Layers?
Understand the different roles of air barriers, vapor barriers, water-resistive barriers, and insulation.
What’s the Difference: Paintable Interior Moldings
MDF trim vs. finger-jointed trim
What's the Difference: Paintable Caulks and Sealants
Interior vs. exterior
What’s the Difference: Residential Fire Extinguishers
Units for class A, B, C, and K fires
What's the Difference: Energy-Efficient Mortgages
Conventional EEM, VA EEM, and FHA EEM
What’s the Difference: Wooden Scaffold Plates
Stay away from construction-grade lumber and choose instead between solid-sawn planks and engineered LVL planks.
What’s the Difference: Bench Planes and Block Planes
Any decent woodshop is going to have a variety of hand planes, but these tools are far less common on a job site. Still, a hand plane may be just…
Electrical Conduits
With several varieties of conduit available at most home centers and supply houses, it’s essential to know the merits of each and what you can and cannot do with it.
What's the Difference: Electric Ovens
Conventional, Convection, and Microwave

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