Contrary to popular belief, cladding and siding are – technically speaking – not the same thing (according to the Constructio...
Read MoreOne of my friends—a guy I used to work with on construction projects—had me over to his house the other night for an evening...
Read MoreMy grandmother was an avid gardener, cultivating a patch of ground in her backyard for years until the rectangle of soil insi...
Read MoreI first met my friend Ethan in college French class when I was in my third year and he was in his first. I graduated the nex...
Read MoreI used to be a welder in a shop dedicated to custom-made ornamental wrought iron. It was a small company with two welders an...
Read MoreI don’t often get a chance to work on big multi-unit projects, but when I do, it’s often on their decks and patios. I was onc...
Read MoreI hadn’t seen my cousin in over a year, so when I had some free time, I decided to make the drive to her house. I was surpris...
Read MoreNear downtown Orlando, in a neighborhood called Thornton Park, there’s a home built in the 1920s that has been renovated so m...
Read MoreGrowing up during a hot Midwest summer, with no cool lake in sight, I’d find a pool anywhere I could. Most of those pool plun...
Read MoreWhen I worked at the Cape Canaveral National Seashore, we built boardwalks over the dune so visitors could visit the beach wi...
Read MoreHigh-altitude settings require special consideration when it comes to selecting building materials. For a wooden deck, for ex...
Read MoreHaving worked in older cities in both North America and Europe, I’ve worked on a lot of properties that have called for porch...
Read MoreIn maintenance shops around the world--whether they’re responsible for maintaining lawn mowers or supersonic fighter jets--th...
Read MoreAs a young man, one of my first summer jobs was preparing the lakeside piers and decks for spring after the long and cold win...
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