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  • BUILDER

    Supply Chain Issues Can’t Stop a Good Cause

    How Habitat for Humanity is dealing with shortages, price spikes, and labor challenges.

    4 MIN READ
    Habitat for Humanity Chicago recently held its Women Build event, with hundreds of female volunteers coming together to advance construction of homes that will be owned by women.
  • Remodeling

    ConstructReach’s ‘I Built This’ Initiative Provides Construction Exposure and Experience to High School Students

    3 MIN READ
  • Remodeling

    Which Southern California Firms Made the 2016 Remodeling 550?

    2 MIN READ
    Map showing locations of 2016 Remodeling 550 companies based in Southern California
  • Tools

    One Killed and Two Injured in Jobsite Bee Attack

    3 MIN READ
    Photo courtesy of Erik Wilde/ Flickr. This photo was cropped from the original.
  • How To

    From Boston to Los Angeles, Teardowns Spark Controversy

    3 MIN READ
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  • Tools

    Remodelers’ Favorite Hand Tools

    6 MIN READ
  • Tools

    Tradesmen’s Favorite Hand Tools

    10 MIN READ
  • Deck Builder

    Mixing Oil and Water

    3 MIN READ
    Beautiful mahogany decking.
  • Business

    That’s About the Size of It

    3 MIN READ
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  • Tools

    A Reader Compares the Sawbuck to a Strange Metabo Table Saw

    1 MIN READ
    Metabo UK290
  • Deck Builder

    Custom Railings

    6 MIN READ
    This railing was built with redwood and has a paint finish, though the same design could be built with reinforced composite balusters.
  • READERS’ TIPS

    Solid Post Attachments With Threaded Rod

    1 MIN READ
    Reinforcing the post with threaded rod adds stability. The washers and nuts on both sides of the framing members that the rod passes through make it possible to plumb up the posts perfectly.
  • Question & Answer

    Fire-Resistant Decks

    3 MIN READ
    This field demonstration shows the performance of three decking products approximately 35 minutes after a standard 6-inch by 6-inch Class B burning brand was placed on the top surface of each deck. The untreated redwood (far right) and the wood-plastic composite at the center comply with California Building Code Chapter 7A requirements for “combustible” materials, while the wood-plastic composite at the far left does not. None of these products, however, meet the requirements for an “ignition-resistant material” as outlined in the IWUIC, NFPA 1144, or CBC Chapter 7A.
  • Deck Builder

    A Tall Deck in Earthquake Country

    8 MIN READ
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  • Tools

    A Contractor Takes His Tools to Hollywood

    1 MIN READ
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  • Business

    Amazon to Launch Marketplace for Handymen and Other Local Services

    1 MIN READ
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  • Day's End

    Table for Two

    1 MIN READ
    The Trex boards used for the bench seats match the ones used on the deck.
  • Remodeling

    Giving New Life to Old Studs

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  • Backfill

    Song of the Saw–the Other Life of the Full-Size Hand Saw

    2 MIN READ
    Saw players cut loose at an annual get-together in Felton, Calif.
  • REPLACEMENT CONTRACTOR

    Communities Mandate the Removal of Wood Roofing

    2 MIN READ
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    Laser Levels

    9 MIN READ
  • Backfill

    Why Do We Say Joists and Rafters?

    3 MIN READ
  • JLC Case Study

    Introducing Attainable Zero: A JLC Case-Study Home

    6 MIN READ
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