Ray tracing animations show how sound in an enclosed room reflects off of hard surfaces, creating reverberations and echoes that can make spoken language unintelligible.

Contact between dissimilar metals – like copper fittings threaded into steel pipe or copper flashing fastened with steel nails – sets up an electro-chemical reaction that causes corrosion and leads to failure of the “less noble” metal

Silicosis is a Lung Disease You Get from Masonry Dust—It Can Kill You if you breathe the dust from cutting concrete and masonry

Ridgid Cordless Wet/Dry Vacuum Offers a No-Compromise Battery-Powered Solution

Like billiards, with acoustics it's all about the angles

Can a wall plummet from R-50 to R-12 because of the studs?

For historical work, joist hangers won't cut it, so turn to traditional woodworking joinery

Two words: lag bolts?

Materials absorb or reflect sound, but not all frequencies are the same

The Model Remodel Show followed the progress of the 2017 Model Remodel project by Professional Remodeler magazine.

Replacing a toilet is a task most remodelers will have to do much more than they want to, so get it right the first time

A fast spray paint hack to improve the utility of a circ saw

How steel reinforcement makes concrete stringer: by giving it tensile strength. And how to boost tensile strength with prestressing or post-tensioning

How building materials absorb, reflect, and transmit sound waves

Five videos showing how to install a floating subfloor over a bed of insulation atop a slab—or slabless slab, in this case

Hey, somebody's gotta do it, right?

Overspray will get everywhere, so make sure the booth is contained, and make sure your tools are out of the booth.

Furring and foam on the INSIDE for better walls in really cold places.

Careful scribing, a thoughtful process, and a couple of third-hands make multiple-segment faux beams "look like they grew there."

How to break up a section of roof into equal intervals quickly and accurately

Sometimes its best to close your eyes and jump in

Happy Independence Day from Romeo, the shop dog, an important member of the team at Hull Historical in Fort Worth, TX

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