Q. I'm building a deck and have discovered that the wooden posts can't rest on the soil. I need deck piers. What are they, and how are they installed? A. There are very few situations in which you can ...

A concrete footing. Even though the concrete hardening (technically known as curing) process begins quickly, you should leave the posts undisturbed for at least two days after pouring the concrete.

Every single time we do a home improvement project we learn something new and interesting. Recently, we found ourselves forced to rebuild a 35-year-old section of fence that was literally rotten to ...

The walls are rough, gray concrete marred by occasional cracks and craters. The floors also are concrete and stained an uneven earthy hue. But the space is not a work in progress. Nor is it the ...

Getting started on the new warehouse space: a 40x72 post frame building with a gambrel roof. The video covers the following ...

Waterline 3:22 - Forms 12:50 - Tying into Existing 20:05 - Sunday Tasks 26:57 - Pour Day Check out Wood Talk, a podcast about woodworking that I co-host. #Woodworking #Podcast #WoodTalk ...

• Baluster: One of a series of vertical supports used between posts of a railing; also called a spindle. • Cap rail: The top horizontal piece of a railing, usually placed to give a finished appearance ...