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Using lifts and planning to make a miserable job more manageable
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Mar 9 2020
The keys to a clean polyurethane control joint between two concrete slabs
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Mar 7 2020
Protect the edges from sideways rain, and overlap like you've done it before!
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Mar 4 2020
Durability, stability, and no painting.
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Mar 2 2020
Use gravity and capillary breaks to stop water from seeping into the basement
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Mar 2 2020
Flashing, overlapping, and sealing layers keeps the outside out and the inside in
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Mar 1 2020
Inner tube scraps, clamps, finesse, and patience are all you need for a clean wooden column with four sides of face grain.
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Mar 1 2020
There is more to an airtight watertight door installation than flashing; adjusting the weatherstripping is critical.
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Feb 24 2020
This building is designed with the sun—rather than with dimensional lumber—in mind
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Feb 24 2020
Stretchy gasket tape, flanged workboxes, and sealant can solve a HOLE lotta air leaks
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Feb 22 2020
Nope.
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Feb 22 2020
A monolithic layer of protection for holes in walls
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Feb 21 2020
The Tyvek weather-resistive barrier can be a water barrier and an air barrier, but it is NOT a vapor barrier
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Feb 19 2020
Two types of tapes for two air sealing applications
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Feb 18 2020
Interior membranes can be part of a high-performance wall assembly as a vapor retarder or as part of an air barrier system
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Feb 15 2020
Barriers, air gaps, continuous insulation, and redundancy give durability to a new crawlspace
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Feb 10 2020
How to see through walls and floors to avoid plumbing, HVAC, and loads that aren't obvious in a cabinet-covered wall
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Feb 4 2020
Pourable construction grout makes it easy to fill the tough spots
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