Issue 162
Features
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Installing a Split-Jamb Door
These precased doors are quick to install and allow variations in wall thicknesses.
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All About Headers
The type you choose affects not just strength, but also cost, energy efficiency, and drywall cracking.
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Blending Styles in a Kitchen
Elements from different eras combine for a comfortable kitchen that looks like it evolved over the past 120 years.
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Drilling Concrete? Get a Rotary Hammer
Here's a look at six tools that bore holes up to 1 in. but also chip concrete and even bore large holes in wood.
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Fire-Wise Construction
Building strategies that may save your house from wildfire.
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Curved Deck Stairs
A temporary form and laminated plywood stringers make building these stairs easier than you might think.
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Small Cottage Makes a Big Splash
Going up instead of out makes the most of a steep lot, keeps the footprint small, and captures an incredible view.
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The Art of Pressure Washing
There's no better way to prepare a house for painting, but be careful you're not doing more harm than good.
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Making Sense of Caulks and Sealants
Today's products adhere better, stretch farther, and last longer, but choosing the best one is harder than ever.
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Soldering Copper Pipe
A seasoned plumber shows you how to keep it simple—and safe.
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How to Hide Your Refrigerator
Turn your ordinary icebox into a stylish focal point.
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Crown Molding Around a Cathedral Ceiling
Simple instructions to ensure that your molding will still match when it meets the corners of a vaulted ceiling.
Article
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The Flood
Great moments in building history: Flights on rainy nights are a bit of a downer
Great Moments
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Preventing fence-post rot
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Flashing cantilevered joists
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Ungrounded ground-fault receptacles?
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Enlarging a cabinet opening
Ask the Experts
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A Fast, Accurate Way to Make Mortised Stairs
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A story-pole approach to shingling a roof
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Maintaining battery-powered smoke detectors
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Locking electrical cords together
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Improvised paint shield
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How to Enlarge a Hole With a Hole Saw
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Aligning a caulk tube
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Site-built plunger unclogs kitchen sink
