Choosing Decking Materials: Why Wood Works

When you think about a nail pick (or cat’s paw, nail-puller, whatever you call it where you live), you might think that there’s not much…

Okay, I know this “tool” review is about a flashlight, but this is a flashlight worth writing about. Honest. When I got the unit—it’s called…

Your customer wants hardwood floors in a basement remodel or over a slab in an urban build-out. You know that for solid hardwood you must…

With the massive weather events from fire to tornado scouring the US with what seems like increasing frequency and intensity, it’s almost easy to forget…

There’s something about pine that people connect with. It’s refined yet rustic, making it the right design call for many projects like additions, kitchens and…

Porter-Cable’s 6-inch Saw Boss Model 345 is a unique cutting platform. The 6-inch diameter blade is smaller (obviously) than the standard 7-1/4-inch size, but provides…

Bug out. Here’s a newsflash: termites not only do major damage if they go untreated, they’re disgusting. I’ve remodeled around termite damage and just seeing…

My first tool belt matched my skills at the time: basic. It was a suede-leather apron-type, and I wore the bags in front. I loaded…

What I like about decks is that each one has a mix of site work, layout, framing and finish carpentry. You can build them with…

Where the Air is Rare “Where the air is rare” is a line from a Frank Sinatra song, the name of which escapes me. But…

Pushing Paper There are two sad realities to my life. Reality #1: I’m …um …frugal. I frequently ask, “Why would I pay someone to do…

If there’s such a thing as a macho gene, one look at International’s XT truck series promises to tweak that ganglia. The XTs are big….

Charged Up Here’s an idea I can’t believe some forward thinking tool company hasn’t come out with a long time ago: a universal cordless tool…

There’s one thing that’s for sure in the life of home improvement: Despite all the dull moments, there’s rarely a dull moment. It’s always something….

The hallmark of what building scientists call a water-managed wall system is that it does two things: First, it recognizes that all wall systems leak….