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Use these methods to incorporate natural timbers into your custom work.
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Q: Can standard galvanized Simpson STHD strap-tie hold-downs be used in contact with ACQ plates and framing? We've been schooled by our local building officials to avoid placing anything but stainless steel or heavy-duty hot-dipped galvanized metal connectors in contact with ACQ lumber, but these...
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When Bosch introduced its first line of pneumatic nailers last spring, it claimed that the tools were 20 percent smaller and 10 percent more powerful than the competition.
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Q: We're building a four-season addition over an existing raised deck framed with PT lumber. Is it okay to install OSB subfloor sheathing directly over the wood decking, or should the decking be removed first?
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Q: I can't find the blued ring-shank drywall nails I started hanging drywall with 30 years ago. All that seems to be available are cheap and flimsy drywall nails that bend too easily when I nail them in, rust as soon as I apply mud, and leave my hands covered with black ink. Why don't they make...
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By combining trusses with stick framing, the author was able to frame a new roof without damaging the finished rooms below.
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Floated mortar walls provide a flat, plumb setting bed over irregular wall framing.
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Truss-style construction simplified the framing of this serpentine roofline.
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Prevent structural problems and failed inspections by avoiding these common installation errors.
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Common in commercial framing, steel studs provide straight and sturdy fire-rated partitions.