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Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How: Timeless Techniques to Fix, Maintain, and Improve Your Home

... HydroGap drainable wrap “drains moisture from wall assemblies at least two times faster than the leading drainable housewrap and removes 100 times more bulk water than standard housewrap.” Tamlyn claims on its website that its ...

Framing Roofs

... beam , 19 , 20 circular , 16-18 , 19 , 20 worm - drive , 16 , 19 , 20-21 ... calculator , 37 , 77 framing book , 68 , 74 , 77 tool , 27 , 37 , 77 truss ... lifting , 148-49 preparing , 140-43 step - down , 141-43 valleys from , 149-51 ...

Tools for Building

... chainsaws for 20 years . In his new book , Chainsaw Lumbermaking ( The Taunton Press , 63 South Main St. , P.O. Box 355 , Newtown , Conn . 06470 , $ 23.95 ) , he tells what he has 2x4 mill by Will Malloff learned about cutting - tooth ...

Foundations and Concrete Work

... rebar , multiply its yield stress ( 40,000 psi and 60,000 psi for grades 40 and 60 ) times its cross - sectional area . Sources American Concrete Institute ACI International P. O. Box 9094. A co common gauge of steel's ... sizes , which are ...

Exterior Siding, Trim and Finishes

... backer rod underneath the base ( see top right photo on p . 31 ) . The flush - cutting saw allowed me to place a ... bond- breaking tape instead ( see bottom right photo on p . 31 ) . To prevent a three - sided bond that would crack and ...

Energy-efficient Building: The Best of Fine Homebuilding

... R - value per dollar ; insect- resistant panels available ; lightweight . Styrofo Foam insulates walls . Left to right : AFM. Sheathing Plywood Oriented strand board ( OSB ) Gypsum Cement board Laminated fiber Fiberboard Expanded ...

The Energy-Smart House

... DRAWER DISHWASHERS The New Zealand company Fisher & Paykel and KitchenAid both BY SCOTT GIBSON T There's nothing like a looming energy. Top performers . The BoschR Evolution line includes dish- washers that exceed the mini- mum federal ...

Home Remodeling

... DRAWER DISHWASHERS The New Zealand company Fisher & Paykel and KitchenAid both offer drawer - type dishwashers . They can save energy and water by allowing you to use one smaller drawer rather than a partially loaded full - size dishwasher ...

Renovating a Kitchen

Editors of Fine Homebuilding. Sub - Zero®'s 700 series refrigerator drawers can be placed under the counter in your work zone , bringing fresh produce to the task at hand ( top photo ) . • Fisher - Paykel's drawer dishwashers can be ...

Renovating a Bathroom

... shower enclosure . There are a number of positions the shower can take in the bathroom that will allow for a good view through a clear- glass shower door . 6. PAY ATTENTION TO VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DIMENSIONS Certain minimum clearances ...

Framing Roofs

"Updated with 12 new Fine Homebuilding articles, this latest edition covers roof-framing basics as well as advanced techniques on building dormers and raising trusses, and includes information on how t use rafter squares, cordless framing ...

Finish Carpentry

... biscuit joinery ) back in the 1950s . Steiner founded a company to manufacture slot - cutting machines , called ... biscuit joinery : mitered ceiling beams , jamb extensions on doors and windows , return nosings on stair treads . You ...

Framing Floors, Walls, and Ceilings

... load calculation is used . Total load includes the weight of everything attached to or bearing on the top and bottom chords . It includes the dead weight of floor and ceiling materials , as well as the live loads of people , pianos ...

Building Floors, Walls, and Stairs

... Sawbuck . See Delta , Sawbuck . Saws . See Handsaws . Table saws . Schwartz , Barry , on remodeling house , 71-75 Sculpture House , casting supplies from , 83 Servais , James , on two - coat plaster , 96-100 Signode Corp. , banding ...

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