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Trimming the Roofline Online Membership Required

Clean lines and durable details depend on careful framing and a systematic installation sequence by John Spier

Reproducing historic architectural detailsOnline Membership Required

When a train station's 120-year-old roof brackets decay, a carpenter braces the roof and constructs a detailed template to guide the restoration by Brian Campbell

Copper/aluminum flashingOnline Membership Required

Soliel Stepflashingby Mike Guertin

Q & A: Bending cedar shingles

by Mike Guertin

Q & A: Dentil molding on a gable: plumb or square?

by Brent Hull

Flashing Brick-Veneer WallsOnline Membership Required

Good masonry work blocks most rainwater, and proper flashing details expel what does get throughby Douglas R. Stieve

Flashing a ChimneyOnline Membership Required

Installing the flashing along with the bricks makes for a more secure and much better-looking jobby John Carroll

Tip: Drip-edge runoff diverter

by Roe A. Osborn

Venting a Traditional EaveOnline Membership Required

On a shingle-style house, aluminum soffit vents just won't doby Robert Wills

Tip: More on coil-stock control

by Patrick Lawson

Railing Against the ElementsOnline Membership Required

With careful detailing and proper flashing, exterior woodwork should last for decadesby Scott McBride

Victorian BracketsOnline Membership Required

Bandsawing gingerbread takes method and practiceby Simon Watts

Cornice ConstructionOnline Membership Required

Building the return is the tough partby Bob Syvanen

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