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Features

Building A Block Foundation

Instead of subcontracting the work, invest in a few masonry tools and put your own crew to work building your basements.
Framing a Hipped Tray Ceiling

With this method, all you need to calculate is the length of the hip and the run of a common.
Installing an Over-the-Post Handrail - Part II

Loose-fitting dowels and five-minute epoxy allow fine adjustments in the assembly.
Panelizing Houses

How one builder uses technology to efficiently produce distinctive custom homes off site.
Synthetic Roofing Underlayments

These new membranes are lighter, stronger, and faster to install than traditional felt paper, but are they worth the extra expense?

Letters

Letters

Building paper; backpriming decks; newel layout

News

In the News

Flooring guidelines under attack; recycling ordinances; Spanish-language safety video; more

Q&A

Q&A: Narrow Shear-Wall Solution

Q. I'm the project manager for a construction company that's building a series of townhouses. In one of our designs, the garage walls are only 10 inches wide. There isn't any room to expand these walls, but they still need to be reinforced to prevent rack
Q&A: A Use for Recycled Concrete

Q. One of the contractors I'm interviewing to install a driveway surfaced with interlocking concrete pavers has suggested using recycled concrete rather than processed stone as a base material. He claims he's used it already on several driveways and that
Q&A: Do Door Jambs Need Shims?

Q. When I install prehung and precased doors, I use shims to plumb both the hinge and strike jambs before nailing off the casing. But I've been on jobs where the carpenters plumb the hinge side of the door and then nail the prehung casing solid to the stu
Q&A: Bending Copper Pipe

Q. On a recent job, a plumber who was soldering up 1/2-inch Type L copper supplies encountered an I-joist. So that he wouldn't have to cut into it, he used a pipe bender to give the pipes a slight 3- to 5-degree bend. Is this okay, or would it be better t

Design

Design: Making Guardrails Look Good

Making guardrails look good

Business

Business: Staying Informed Can Keep You Out of Trouble

Staying informed can keep you out of trouble

Legal

Legal: Spell Out Your Standards of Workmanship

Spell out your standards of workmanship

Kitchen & Bath

Kitchen & Bath

RO water filtration; laundry rooms; showers

Products

Products

Door hardware; manufactured stairs; closets & accessories

Toolbox

Toolbox

DeWalt LaserChalkLine; Bosch 14.4-Volt Impactor; work lights; routers & accessories

Backfill

Backfill: Keeping Up With the Munsters

Moving stairs