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A Sloping Floor for a Barrier-Free Bath Online Membership Required

An old-fashioned mud job and a high-tech membrane team up for a leakproof floor by Tom Meehan

Decorative Concrete FloorsOnline Membership Required

With acid-based stains, you can add an attractive, low-maintenance finish to ordinary concrete floorsby Shellie Rigsby

Glue Wood Flooring to a Concrete SlabOnline Membership Required

A plywood core makes engineered flooring the most stable choice, provided the slab is flat and dryby Ken Fischer

Lessons from a Suburban HomeOnline Membership Required

Proof that a home can be more livable and more versatile without more costby Dave Otte

Concrete Possibilities: A Gallery of Ideas

Designer Fu-Tung Cheng illustrates the aesthetic potential of concreteby Fu-Tung Cheng

Champagne House on a Beer BudgetOnline Membership Required

Comfortable quarters for a family of five on a postage-stamp lot in Houston, but for only $70 per square footby Carlos Ulloa

Q & A: Concrete porch floorOnline Membership Required

by John La Torre Jr.

A Gathering Place for Family

A simple palette of natural materials complements a comfortable home in a dramatic settingby Karen Tanaka

Q & A: Laying bluestone over a wood-frame floorOnline Membership Required

by Tom Meehan

Tiling a Bathroom Floor

Cementitious backerboard speeds up the job, but start with a subfloor that is firm and flatby Dennis Hourany

Q & A: Filling joint cracks in concreteOnline Membership Required

by Rocky R. Geans

A Different Approach to Tiling FloorsOnline Membership Required

Unlike a plywood or backerboard substrate, a modified mud job might be more reliable over the long haulby Tom Meehan

Hydronic Radiant-Floor HeatingOnline Membership Required

Concrete slabs, thin slabs and metal plates offer different ways of routing radiant heat underneath every floor in the homeby John Siegenthaler

Q & A: Detailing a thin radiant slabOnline Membership Required

by Michael Luttrell

Q & A: Finding lightweight concreteOnline Membership Required

by Rich Ziegner

Framing a Crawl-Space FoundationOnline Membership Required

These time-saving tips make short work of setting sills, posts and girdersby Larry Haun

Installing a Hammer-Cut Stone FloorOnline Membership Required

Basic tools produce a quartzite surface that's easy on the toesby Paul Holloway

Brick FloorsOnline Membership Required

How a New Mexico pro lays a brick floor without mortar or string linesby Douglas Ring

Putting Down a Brick FloorOnline Membership Required

The mason's craft is easier when the bricks are laid on a horizontal surfaceby Bob Syvanen

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