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Installing Exterior French Doors: Prepare the Rough Opening
The first job is to check the opening for plumb, level, and square.
Interior-Trim Transitions: Shim Trim and Fix Uneven Walls
Trim carpenter Tucker Windover demonstrates how to use shims and setting compound to straighten a piece of wavy chair rail and level the wall to match.
Interior-Trim Transitions: Baseboard-to-Stair-Skirtboard Details
Tucker Windover shows an alternative way to make a clean connection between a thin baseboard and wider staircase trim.
Interior-Trim Transitions: Continuous Crown Molding Needs a Soffit
Trim carpenter Tucker Windover shows how to use custom soffits to maintain clean trim lines around staircases and other obstructions.
Tile a Barrier-Free Bathroom: Waterproof Membrane
After Tom Meehan sets the linear drain, he demonstrates how to install all of the components of a modern tile-underlayment.
Tile a Barrier-Free Bathroom: The Mortar Base
Tile setter Tom Meehan shows how to mix, place, and screed a traditional mud bed for a smooth and properly pitched shower floor.
Tile a Barrier-Free Bathroom: Laying Tile
Now that the mortar bed and waterproof membrane are in place, Tom Meehan shows how to lay out, set, and grout the tile floor.
Build a Wood and Slate Basket-Weave Floor: Finishing and Tile
Sand and oil the wood, then infill with tile to complete the project
Build a Wood and Slate Basket-Weave Floor: Border and Fastening
Trim the floor square and build the border before gluing and screwing the entire assembly to the subfloor
Build a Wood and Slate Basket-Weave Floor: Assemble the Weave
Bar clamps and a rubber mallet persuade tight-fitting boards into position when weaving this floor together

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