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How-To

When carpenters use consistent and efficient methods for framing a house, it makes the entire build go much more smoothly.

Master these roof-installation details to keep asphalt shingles on and rain out of your house.

This systematic approach to cutting and assembling window casing ensures better joints and a faster installation.

Making a wiggly line with your router is the key to keeping a piece of drywall from slipping before it's fully cut.

Mastered in a Minute: A honing guide and sandpaper adhered to MDF provide effective, no-frills sharpening

Podcast Episode 180: Rigid Foam Over Roofs, Warm-Climate Insulation Details, and Fuel-Efficient Work Trucks

The Fine Homebuilding editors discuss some upcoming articles about building sheds and installing custom metal stairs before addressing listener questions about insulation upgrades, environmentally responsible transportation, and more.
How to Install Stone-Veneer Siding Panels

This type of modular masonry siding is easily fastened with screws or nails, and doesn't require any adhesives or mortar.
Podcast Episode 179: Redundant Housewrap, Hybrid Timberframes, and an End to Vented Crawlspaces

The Fine Homebuilding editors offer their opinions on adding two layers of Typar, suggest affordable alternatives to building a full timber-frame house, and wonder why anyone thinks it's OK to build house on top of a mold farm.
Site-Built Shower Pans

Code expert Glenn Mathewson explains the details required by code and modern plumbing standards when fabricating a shower pan, including the two-part drain assembly, the subbase material and slope, the…
Avoiding Numbers When Building or Remodeling a Home

"Mark your work in place whenever possible" is just one of several tips seasoned carpenter Scott McBride offers in this guide to measuring more efficiently and accurately on the job site.