Contrary to popular belief, cladding and siding are – technically speaking – not the same thing (according to the Constructio...
Read MoreIn 2015, little three-year-old Freddie Coulton from East Sussex, UK slipped between the balusters on a balcony railing and fe...
Read MoreOnce upon a remodeling project, I was carrying an old stove out of the kitchen onto the deck. I’d checked the deck before wal...
Read MoreWhen I was a teenager I actually walked right off a retaining wall. Distracted by the starry sky above, I took a step and soo...
Read MoreOnce upon a time, while working as an apprentice for a big residential construction company, my company was called to put up...
Read MoreMaintaining a view while still providing something sturdy to lean on are two of the more basic requirements of a good railing...
Read MoreI can’t count the times I’ve wandered out onto a southern exposure deck and found it cooked and grayed to the point of struct...
Read MoreWhen I was a kid visiting my grandparents’ house, I looked forward to the summer rain. It would wet the wooden walkways and d...
Read MoreA few years ago, a friend of mine invited me down to Florida to catch grouper. It had been awhile since we’d seen each other...
Read MoreIn the past few years, one of my not-so-infrequent jobs has been to perform renovations on poolside patio areas. Very often,...
Read MoreA few years ago, I was working in an old historic neighborhood, tasked with giving an old colonial house some much-needed cur...
Read MoreWhile living in Europe, I had the great honor of contributing a little sweat equity to the upkeep of one of my friends’ summe...
Read MoreA little while ago a friend of mine, who frequently hosts parties and loves going barefoot, built a massive deck that connect...
Read MoreOne of the ladies I used to work with owned a nice property on the water. It was a small apartment complex she inherited from...
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