Job Log: Adding a Walkout Basement
Supporting this home's brick veneer while cutting through the concrete foundation required careful planning and good temporary support. Read more
Creating A Company Report Card
Pivot tables allow you to analyze your numbers any way you want. Here's how to build one. Read more
Tool Test: Paper-Collated Clipped-Head Nailers
The best guns are compact, have built-in rafter hooks, and won't fire when empty. Read more
Repairing Fire Damage
Assessing the damage and making repairs is challenging enough, but you've also got to get rid of that smell. Read more
Installing Solar Electric Power
A photovoltaic system should be properly sized, built to code, and installed so the roof doesn't leak. Read more
Ventilation vs. Eaves Blocking in Seismic Zones
Here's an eaves blocking detail that will maintain shear strength and still provide ventilation. Read more
Q&A
Working Safely With a Post-Tensioned Slab
Before cutting into one of these slabs, remember that the cables are tensioned to approximately 30,000 pounds. Read more
Design
Where Eaves Meet Rake
The roof can be one of the most defining elements of a house: Look at any child's drawing, where a strong triangle atop a box is likely to say "home." Read more
Legal
Know When To Walk and When Not To
Just as it sounds, "breach of contract" means that someone has not done what he contractually promised to do. But a breach of contract does not automatically mean that the contract is dead — that is, unenforceable. Read more
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