Use real trim stock and give some thought to the layout—it will improve the look of your vinyl siding installation 100 percent

Peel and stick Z-flashing and some padding pushes a ledger flush with the face of the thick panels. A cover sheet of peel and stick completely waterproof the ledger before the deck is framed

Dry and durable walls come from keeping water out and giving it a way to get there

The premier season of Weatherization Nation was shot in NW Washington DC where we tore off an unfortunate addition to the back of a 70+-year-old brick house and we added a two-story addition which nearly doubled the sliving space.

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

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

The Demonstration House debuted at the 2019 International Builders' Show with five sponsors and ten demo over two days. Here's the highlight reel.

Snap a line, put the panel on the line and nail it, tape the seams, and where to snap that line in the first place.

Flashing a wood-framed chimney is like flashing a dormer, except there’s no roof behind it. Without protection, water can leak into the joint and rot your walls to direct uphill water away

Drive a nail in the valley and patch it

Drip edge metal, valley flashing, dormer, chimney, and kickout flashing are types of roof flashing that shed water away from the connections between roofs, walls, chimneys, and other building assemblies

The IRC is a thick book, but there is relatively little aimed at decks. A few sections have a few sentences dedicated to construction of safe and durable decks.

A sweet treat for your bag of tricks — Happy Halloween!

The science of stickiness: a molecular look at tape's adhesive and cohesive properties

 

A woven mesh with integrated house wrap allows drainage and drying

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Flashing under an exterior door and along the bottom of a basement wall that used to have an overhead door

 

A drip edge overlapping strategy that won't catch the eye

Vapor barriers cause a lot more harm than good in many parts of North America. Understanding vapor barriers begins with knowing what it means to be one