Interior Panels

• Installing Metal Panel Roofs (Subscriber content)

  A Florida roofing contractor tells how to select and install a screw-down metal roof.

   

• Installing Suspended Ceilings (Subscriber content)

  Here’s how to lay out and assemble professional-looking dropped ceilings.

   

• Q&A: Bleaching Old Cedar Paneling

  Q: I want to lighten the color of 15-year-old cedar paneling that has darkened with age. The wall paneling consists of 3/8x6-inch tongue-and-groove clear cedar installed over 1/2-inch drywall. I took a sample of the interior cedar and experimented with a bleaching method I often use outdoors. I...

   

• On Site with Advantech (Subscriber content)

  Field testing of this new-generation OSB subfloor shows improved resistance to swelling, even in severe weather exposure.

   

• Structural Slabs With Foam Forms (Subscriber content)

  For builders using insulated concrete forms, attaching a wood floor system is the hardest part of the job. A structural slab, by contrast, is easy to install, has excellent resistance to fire and sound transmission, and works well with radiant floor heating. Here’s a step-by-step look at both steel...

   
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  Tying Down the House (Subscriber content)

  Properly installed, metal framing connectors provide good protection from earthquakes and hurricane damage. A field supervisor for a California construction company takes a step-by-step look at how to lay out and install common types of hold-down hardware.

   
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  Fast Precast Foundations (Subscriber content)

  A Superior Wall foundation has as much strength as a poured foundation, plus it’s insulated, requires no footings, and can install in less than a day. If there’s a manufacturing plant in your area, this is a system worth looking at.

   

• Building With Foam-Core Panels (Subscriber content)

  With structural insulated panels, you get framing, sheathing, insulation, and air barrier all in one neat package. A 15-year foam-panel user explains how to build houses with SIPs, and how the technique compares with stick framing.

   

• Flattening Walls for Paneling (Subscriber content)

  The quality of framing lumber being what it is, a perfectly flat, plumb wall is a rarity these days. An experienced finish carpenter describes the techniques he uses to create a flat surface before installing paneling and interior trim.

   

• The Ultimate Stick-Built Wall (Subscriber content)

  One advantage of stick-framing is that you can build walls flat and square on the deck. But why stop there? Siding, windows, and trim can all be installed before you raise the wall. A veteran framing contractor shows how it’s done.