Water management begins with the framing and extends to WRB

The keys to a clean polyurethane control joint between two concrete slabs 

3D Printing is hereby put on notice that it is not the disruptive sweetheart of the construction world anymore. ROBOTS are everywhere.

Use gravity and capillary breaks to stop water from seeping into the basement

This building is designed with the sun—rather than with dimensional lumber—in mind

How to see through walls and floors to avoid plumbing, HVAC, and loads that aren't obvious in a cabinet-covered wall

Different proportions of the same four ingredients yield different strength mixes of concrete for structural and non-structural parts of a building

Two videos cover the design questions and construction process of a post and beam patio roof structure

Looking for a kickass workbench? Look to your local theatre company

A master stucco and plaster contractor shows how he repairs lath and plaster problems

Poking holes in plaster walls can leave bare lath flapping and loosens the plaster surrounding the opening. This time-tested repair method restores the plaster wall to good-as-new condition.

To make accurate, repeatable location marks for fasteners, put your tape measure away and use this simple template instead

Does adding fibers to concrete make it stronger or what?

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.

Step up your joinery skills with a new woodworking technique

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