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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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Dec 6 2021
Energy recovery ventilators (ERV) replace kitchen and bath exhaust air with clean and tempered supply air
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Nov 21 2021
Closed skirtboards that slip into a pocket
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Nov 15 2021
"It's not a matter of if, it's WHEN"
—Ben Nicholls, Division chief, CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
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Nov 1 2021
An example of why cheap construction is not so cheap
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Oct 18 2021
No stair buttons, no problem. Old school stair layout with an old-fashioned pitch block and a newfangled calculator
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Oct 13 2021
A machine, a saw, and some patience beats brute force and a sledgehammer every time
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Oct 4 2021
Home design and retrofitting techniques for wildland wildfire defense
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Sep 6 2021
Coating the corner bead around a cased opening in three passes
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Aug 30 2021
Seal the WRB to the wall sheathing and window flashing, and add an apron detail at the bottom
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Aug 23 2021
The dark arts of carpentry (and a belt sander) can make a too-short board, not too short anymore (but not longer)
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Aug 16 2021
How to fix edge chips where one concrete slab meets another
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Aug 9 2021
Brick is a durable and good-looking cladding choice, and with correct construction details, the wall behind it will last as long as the brick
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Aug 5 2021
Use SketchUp.com to visually calculate the rise, run, and materials for stair building—or anything else, for that matter
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Aug 5 2021
A simple project that adds POP to a room
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Jul 26 2021
No—and yes. It depends on the exact situation
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Jul 23 2021
Three carpenters come clean about their injuries using “bump nailers” – nail guns with contact triggers
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Jul 16 2021
It is NOT 'all in the wrist' and twelve other ways architects sketch and draw buildings