When builder Todd LaBarge wanted to install a vinyl-lined swimming pool at his... More
Sculptural steel columns and beams turned a two-car garage into a two-story living... More
As with many designs, the fence designed by architect Robert Cole, came about not in response to a problem but rather to the client's wants and needs and the limits imposed by county ordinances. In this case, the client ó who Cole says has a modern sensibility ówanted to obscure the view behind his house of large power lines and a neighbor's home as well as have a place for reflection. Zoning allowed for a 6-foot fence. More
Q. A foundation wall in my customer's two-story home has a 2-inch bow in the... More
Q: I need to install a basement egress window in a concrete-block foundation wall.... More
A mason describes how he detailed a pair of large block walls to carry severe... More
A Massachusetts building mover details the process of lifting a 1772 post-and-beam... More
An East Coast builder describes how to form and pour a structural garage slab... More
Chimney caps are too often poorly detailed and are the first part of the chimney... More
