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Chris Ermides

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Saturday-morning trips to the hardware store with his dad, an accountant who could solder copper pipe like a professional plumber, turned associate editor Chris Ermides onto remodeling and building. After a brief stint as an English teacher, Chris donned a tool belt to pay the bills, but is now glad to spend winters working in a warmer environment. He lives in Beacon, N.Y.

  • How to Make Wooden Porch Posts Last

    Control moisture and avoid rotting wood by providing a specific path for water to follow.

  • 2 Ways to Detail Durable Porch Piers

    Beams set on concrete blocks or continuous posts set on round piers are both sturdy ways to support porch floors and roofs if you get the details right.

  • 9 Trouble Spots on a Covered Porch

    Manage moisture and the elements with these must-do tips for a durable porch.

  • The Rotproof Porch

    Water management is the key to keeping a porch standing for decades.

  • An important update on the EPA’s Lead Certification Rule

    The opt-out clause is gone. Learn what you need to know about lead-safe (and EPA-compliant) remodeling, renovation, and repair on pre-1978 houses.

  • Answers About the EPA Lead Certification (RRP) Rule

    Find out what the Renovation, Repair, and Paint Rule mean to you and learn about certification requirements for contractors.

  • Ask the EPA About the New Lead Paint Remodeling Law

    Thanks to the kind folks at the EPA you can now get an answer to your questions regarding the new requirement directly from them (well, through me). So post your…

  • What a damp basement can do to brick

    Some science-savy builders help an editor understand what's causing the base of an old chimney to deteriorate.

  • Tool-related injuries

    An editor shares his own hard-earned lesson on tool safety.

  • Attention Contractors: Your Lead-Paint Certification Deadline is Approaching

    Plan to repair or renovate a house that was built before 1978? If so, you’ll need to follow some new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Here's what you…

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