Windows are big holes in walls that must be sealed against wind, water, and heat. This guide covers scope of work, how to install them, and why it matters.

Concentrate on the corners and think like water when overlapping the layers

"For those of you who don't already know the benefits of using guide bushings on your router and simple templates made out of scrap MDF—here's how it goes."

Kitchen cabinet carcasses are just four-sided cubes made with plywood and simple joinery. Repetition is the name of this game.

Put away the abacus, Hoss—here's a Visual Construction Calculator for your proportional processing ponderances

I get this question all the time: "Stucco all the way down to the roofing: right or wrong?" Answer: WRONG. and here's why...

A tight air barrier is the best way to build an energy-efficient house. Outside the sheathing are many chances to make it better.

Good amortization doesn't always involve using a building forever—sometimes, it means recapturing the space when the building corrodes

Composite decking machines smoothly, joins well, and resists weather with the best of 'em.

7 less common (but potentially problematic) shower waterproofing situations

Just because they call it mud doesn’t mean it behaves like dirt and water

It is time to think about the fact that many carpentry jobs may be automated—soon

If you can only fit one laser level in your bucket, this one is a good choice

...besides five-gallon buckets and plastic grocery bags, using some sort of sewer pipe seems to be the most common.

One way to build drawer boxes fast, efficient, and repeatable

A beginner's guide to drywall installation

Heavy-duty drawer hardware and a simple cabinet turns a blind corner into roll-out storage

A thermal break and solid backing puts the window on the outer face of a thick wall. Now, there's room on the inside window sill for cats and bowling trophies

Jack Ellis is a brick layer. His work starts at 8 in the morning. Jack is working on the third floor, so he climbs the—what appears to be homemade—ladder up to get on the scaffolding.

Stack effect is relentless: it is always working, when you’re awake or asleep, even during blackouts. And it feeds on itself.

Flash the boot like any other roof penetration, and snap the tube into place—just make sure to align the hole between the ceiling joists...

Basic jobsite skills

Curbs, corners, and drains are the culprits of most shower leaks. If you do not build redundancy into the system, you are building risk into it

A Chinese TV show that never made it on the air—until there was a YouTube.

The cold water line is used as a recirculating loop to save the cost of adding more plumbing