Home Improvement

AdvanTech Sheathing Vs Plywood

AdvanTech Sheathing AdvanTech sheathing is an amazing product that I used on my new house. The product is so good…

18 years ago

Mulching Flower Beds

Mulching Flower Beds with Ask This Old House This week we started mulching the flower beds with pine bark mulch.…

18 years ago

Exposed Aggregate Concrete Walkway

Exposed aggregate concrete makes a great walkway or driveway. Last year when we built the house we had a hard…

18 years ago

Garage Workshop – Stair Design

The other day I posted about one of my projects for the summer being building stairs up to my new…

18 years ago

Framed Bearing Wall

Basement Bearing Walls Last year at this time we began framing the house. Looking at the pictures reminds me of…

18 years ago

Cambara Decking

When we built our new home I really struggled with what type of material to use for the decking on…

18 years ago

Proper Window Flashing

How To Properly Flash Windows Recently I've had several questions about leaking windows. Most window leaks can be traced back…

18 years ago

Engineered Lumber

Engineered Lumber Framing Today I was looking at some old photos from last year when we started framing the new…

18 years ago

Great Kitchen Design

One of our favorite parts of the new home is definitely the kitchen. We probably got about 90% of what…

18 years ago

Ridge Vents

Recently I wrote about ice dams and the need for good ventilation. Since writing about that topic I received several…

18 years ago