Not Just For The Back Yard

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…

For most of my career I’ve built in what I would call “thickly settled” neighborhoods. In other words, not many back-forty type lots for me…

When some people think of fire, they often think of cordwood outside the house under a blanket of snow, waiting to be brought in and…

So I present demonstrations at JLCLive. Before the Seattle show, a friend and I toured the city. We trundled the usual spots, like the famous…

Okay, I admit it. When I first heard about narrow-crown staplers, I thought the crown referred to crown molding. Further, I thought the tool was…

Question: I’m in the market for a new home. I’m not a professional, but I am handy. I want to buy a fixer-upper but I…

You lookin’ for tough, good-looking work pants? Try Field and Stream’s Upland Canvas Pant. These bad boys — while made for hunting in the woods…

Twisting wire, screwing on wire nuts and neatly folding wire into a junction box not only takes time, it gets old after a while. So…

I wrote up the Maxus EX8016 X-Lite compressor as an Editor’s Choice product for our HGTVPro news show HGTVPro.com Weekly, but I only recently had…

Modular Excellence Time check: Yes, it’s still the 21st Century. The technological power of modern life means individuals can be “bigger”” than they really are….

I love the Makita BL1830 impact driver. It’s the tool I reach for when I’m building a deck, hanging doors or driving screws for just…

Steel toe boots are a go-to for lots of guys on the jobsite. They’re awesome for protecting feet and toes from all kind of hazards,…

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…

Cordless impact drivers have been around for a long time, just not in the United States. They were a primary drilling and driving tool in…

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