Dear Pat: We are building a room addition to our house. A group of friends is going to help frame and raise the walls. What is the best way to raise them, and how do we take care of bowed wall studs? ...

Voltaire wrote Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, often translated as "The perfect is the enemy of the good;" he might well have been talking about residential construction. You run the gamut from the ...

This DIY modern sofa project can be completed using just 2x4's and three common tools: a miter saw, a drill, and a sander. The materials required include 16 eight-foot long 2x4 studs, a 3/8 inch pine ...

We’ve all been there at some point: anxiously trying to find a wall stud while you’re in the process of hanging a picture, shelf, or TV mount. Most stud finders are inconsistent at best, and I’ve ...

The studs are nailed to this plate, which is nailed to the floor. At the top of the wall is the top plate. Often a doubled 2x4, it anchors the top ends of the studs as well as ties the wall into the ...

It’s been just over a year since COVID-19 upended our lives, and we think it’s fair to say it’s been an eternal winter (no matter what your thermostat reads). With warmer weather, you’re spending more ...