Projects
Here’s an idea I could have used about a billion times — the Metwood Joist Reinforcers. These light gauge steel plates are simple, simply brilliant,…
So you’ve just built a new deck on the back of your house and those once lovely double windows in the living room would quite…
Dried Out Down Under One of the keys to an outdoor space that’s usable is its ability to stay dry when it rains. Uh, duh,…
Bland To Grand I have to admit that when I think about fiberglass doors, I typically don’t think of high-end detailing and destination craftsmanship. But…
Warm is good. In winter my mind turns to keeping warm, and to smart solutions for keeping my customers warm — efficiently, cost effectively toasty…
On retainer. As much as I identify myself as a carpenter/remodeler whose focus is essentially nailing wood together to form the structure of a home…
Glass block? I already know what you’re thinking. Glass block = cheesy, 1970s renovation disaster. When can I take a crow bar to it? (OK,…
I never thought I’d make this comparison, but tile is like siding. In some respects, anyway. You’d think that, properly installed, neither system would let…
If you think about it, there’s a lot of tool crossover between jobs. On a framing site, I’m likely to set up the miter, table…
June 14, 2006—What has happened to the great American deck? Not too long ago, it was a rectangular platform of pressure-treated pine appended to the…
As the outdoor living category grows, the products coming to market continue to bring indoor elements out, blurring the line between inside and out. Take…
So a homeowner calls you and asks you why the windows in his new (and expensive) home don’t have any trim like the house he…
