Installing

Cleverly designed boxes can get you out of trouble quickly during rough-ins and retrofits

Adding circuits for a new bedroom and bath offers lessons in rough electrical work and integrating new and old wiring by Clifford A. Popejoy

With common-sense wiring and the right hardware, you can replace an existing light fixture with a breeze in almost any room in the house by Clifford A. Popejoy

A new pressure-balanced valve provides safer, more convenient temperature control than you'll get from two handles by Ed Cunha

With an assortment of tools, a few tricks, and a little luck, you can make electrical cable go where you didn't think it could by Charles Bickford

by Rich Ziegner

Replacing an old surface-mount fixture with recessed lights is an easy upgrade that you can customize with different trim kits by Clifford A. Popejoy

Remodeler Leon A. Frechette details key steps in replacing a bathroom sink and faucet in this excerpt from his book Remodeling a Bathroom, from Taunton's Build Like a Pro series. by Leon A. Frechette

Five steps, four hours, one window, zero mess by Rick Arnold

If the kitchen's a long way from the service entrance, a subpanel can add convenience and save energy by Clifford A. Popejoy

by Tom Meehan

Cross-linked polyethylene is tough and flexible, and you don't need a torch to install it by Dave Lovesky

by Andrew Wormer

Structured wiring can link the phones, computers and TVs in your house right now, and who knows what else in the future by Jerry Heesen