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Working With Rebar Online Membership Required

The bones beneath concrete's muscle, rebar has to be cut, bent and tied properly to do its job

Building a House of Insulated Concrete BlockOnline Membership Required

Dry-laid walls reinforced with steel and filled with concrete make a weathertight, bugproof house

Powder-Actuated ToolsOnline Membership Required

Available as single-shot, semiautomatic or full automatic, these low-velocity tools are the ones carpenters choose when driving fasteners into concrete or steel

Editors PickForming and Pouring FootingsOnline Membership Required

Fill up a trench with concrete -- what's to know? If a house is going to stand on those little sidewalks, they'd better be straight, level and correctly placed.

When Block Foundations Go BadOnline Membership Required

Steel bracing and improved drainage give new life to cracked and wet walls

Deep FoundationsOnline Membership Required

Using driven piles and grade beams to build on soft ground

Insulating and Parging FoundationsOnline Membership Required

Covering concrete walls with rigid foam insulation and troweling on stucco requires experience with the materials

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