For the first week of October, I found myself working shoulder to shoulder with nine of my competitors and hundreds of trade contractors I'd never met. The job? Tear down a house and build a new one in less than five days. It was simultaneously an act of insanity and one of the greatest experiences of my life. More
Myron Ferguson breaks down how to get perfectly straight drywall joints on the... More
Q. I am about to install drywall in a workshop with 9-foot ceilings, and I don't see why I should install it the traditional way, horizontally. Why not buy 10-foot sheets, cut off one foot, and hang the board vertically? This would put all the butt seams More
Hidden fasteners have been around for a while, but many contractors who build decks tend to shy away from them. Caslmon, for instance, says the clients who asked for hidden fasteners were told the cost would be greater. More
Designer Iris Harrell created a light bridge for the shelf with two sets of lights: uplights, to show off the homeowners' collection of glass and ceramics, and downlights, to illuminate the island's work surface. The wood soffit looks deceptively simple, Harrell says, but it was difficult to hide the fittings and screws. More
Contractor's Plain-English Legal Guide and Production Checklist for Builders and Superintendents More
