FixitUp Find: Fein Turbo II Dust Extractor

The biggest challenge I have drilling holes–everywhere from deck building to residential remodeling–is keeping the bits sharp. Don’t ask me how, but I invariably hit…

In my life in home improvement it seems like there’s nothing customers don’t ask if I can do, and installing tile is one of them….

Dollar for dollar, remodeling a bathroom, or putting one in a new home or addition, is a huge budget number. They’re tough to build, difficult…

Here’s a newsflash: Carpenters swear like… well… carpenters. Some of the smartest and yes, most eloquent, people I know drop the “F-bomb” about every third…

Post Power If there was ever an architectural element that combines power and grace, it’s the column. Not only do they hold up the building,…

As universal a topic as home and shelter are, we writers and editors tend to cover it at a more hyper-local level—in other words, parts…

The first thing to do in any negotiation is to define the terms. And when it comes to dealing with dust on site — and…

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…

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…

Compliance in a Can It’s not that I’m scared of heights. It’s that I’m scared of falling from them. For example, I have to install…

If you like green, easier to care for grass and live in the northern tier of the country, check out some of the tricks we…

Lots of lead carpenters, business owners who came up through the trades and artisan contractors have unofficial tests they give newbies. They’ll assign a task…

Every so often, the forces of the universe conspire — and not in a nice way — to block people from success. If you’re a remodeler,…

Wall Art If there’s one thing I keep running into as I remodel, it’s that space is at a greater premium than ever. Whether it’s…

I like simple and smart. When I find a product with those characteristics, I usually like it, too. That’s the case with TracRac’s T-Rac Pro….