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Video: Squak Mountain Stone

The manufacturer of this innovative countertop material leaves natural stone in the quarries, but you'd never know it by Chris Ermides

What's the Difference: Epoxy vs. cement groutOnline Membership Required

How to choose between stronger and more expensive epoxy and traditional cement-based groutby Tom Meehan

5 Roofs That Will Last a LifetimeOnline Membership Required

These premium products offer time-tested longevity, so your choice depends on price, appearance, and installation requirementsby Harrison McCampbell

Tip: Tailgate gravel shieldOnline Membership Required

by Clyde Kennedy

A House for the End of Cheap OilOnline Membership Required

Healthful, light-filled, and energy-efficient, this home reaches back to its California past and toward a sustainable futureby David Arkin

Decorative Concrete FloorsOnline Membership Required

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

Q & A: Breaking up concrete

by David Crosby

Start with BatterboardsOnline Membership Required

Ensure a square, level building project from the get-goby Jim Blodgett

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: Stripping paint from a brick fireplaceOnline Membership Required

by Jon Tobey

Four Ways to Shingle a ValleyOnline Membership Required

A custom builder shows three conventional ways and one new method to weatherproof this crucial roof detailby Mike Guertin

Working With RebarOnline Membership Required

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

Flashing a ChimneyOnline Membership Required

Installing the flashing along with the bricks makes for a more secure and much better-looking jobby John Carroll

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

by Tom Meehan

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

Tip: Scrap vinyl anchors tar paper in high windsOnline Membership Required

by John V. Cord

Q & A: Shingling a low-slope roofOnline Membership Required

by Roe A. Osborn

Q & A: Removing hardened mortar from brickOnline Membership Required

by Vladimir Popovac

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