The first in a series of 'Basics' videos on residential electricity. This one is on receptacles.

How to pour, screed, and float a curved concrete walkway slab

Wood moves. If you don't plan for wood movement, plan for a callback

This old-school stem wall foundation method kills two birds with one stone

A hand-cut roof frame does not need to be done one piece at a time. Production rafter cutting is faster and more accurate 

What do you do when the wall is wider than the door jamb?

Make the right shim for the woodworking or carpentry task at hand: cabinet installation, trim carpentry, or general remodeling chores

In case you were getting tired of Glulams and LVLs

Many mistakes are caused by thinking about the wrong things

The main difference is in the hand-held digital manometer unit

Energy recovery ventilators (ERV) replace kitchen and bath exhaust air with clean and tempered supply air

Math never lies

Closed skirtboards that slip into a pocket

"It's not a matter of if, it's WHEN" —Ben Nicholls, Division chief, CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit

An example of why cheap construction is not so cheap

No stair buttons, no problem. Old school stair layout with an old-fashioned pitch block and a newfangled calculator

Home design and retrofitting techniques for wildland wildfire defense

Coating the corner bead around a cased opening in three passes