Framing

Forget the jacks and temporary framing; install the two-piece header one half at a time by Roger Ross

With a rubber membrane and careful flashing, you can create an outdoor room above and shelter the living space below by Gregory Burr

Guidelines for working efficiently and knowing how good is good enough by Larry Haun

Hide the new carrying beam in the ceiling, and they'll forget that wall ever existed by John Michael Davis

Before you slice through studs, make sure you've got the weight of the house well supported elsewhere by Mike Guertin

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Whether you're building a new house or remodeling an old one, engineered lumber can give you squeak-free floors with fewer callbacks by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

Skyrocketing lumber costs make steel studs an enticing, easily installed alternative to wood by Tom O'Brien

Letting ceiling joists cantilever beyond the walls makes this challenging roof detail stronger and easier to build by Scott McBride

The trick is in laying out and building the splayed walls of the lightwell by Doug Hopper

Creative responses to unusual specs by Roger Gwinnup

How to open up an existing bearing wall by Matt Holmstrom

Turning your attic into living space may be the remedy for your growing pains by Scott McBride