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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 by Howard Stein

Building a House of Insulated Concrete BlockOnline Membership Required

Dry-laid walls reinforced with steel and filled with concrete make a weathertight, bugproof houseby Fred Leadbeater

Q & A: Moisture in a concrete-block crawlspaceOnline Membership Required

by Fred Lugano

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 steelby Bruce Greenlaw

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.by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

When Block Foundations Go BadOnline Membership Required

Steel bracing and improved drainage give new life to cracked and wet wallsby Donald V. Cohen

Editors PickDetails for a Dry Foundation

Think of the ground around the house as the roof that keeps the foundation dryby William B. Rose

Q & A: Underpinning a foundationOnline Membership Required

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Deep FoundationsOnline Membership Required

Using driven piles and grade beams to build on soft groundby Alvin M. Sacks

Tip: Epoxy syringeOnline Membership Required

by Joe Wilkinson

Insulating and Parging FoundationsOnline Membership Required

Covering concrete walls with rigid foam insulation and troweling on stucco requires experience with the materialsby Bob Syvanen

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