Video of Balcony collapse in Malibu, CA. This could be 100% prevented with preventive maintenance and an annual structural assessment.

Kitchen cabinets seem to be a really difficult build, but kitchen cabinets are super easy to build! Kitchen cabinets are nothing but wood...

When you decide to embark on a small home improvement project, a little help may change the odds from a failed DIY to a successful...

HPOZ for those who accidentally fell upon this page, means Historical Preservation Overlay Zone. For those who purposely searched and...

There are many lessons to learn in the building contracting business, even if you think that you have already learned all of them, there...

Stabilizing And Repairing: Sometimes replacing rotted wood isn’t an option. In conserving historic buildings, for example, the goal is to...

Stabilizing And Repairing: Sometimes replacing rotted wood isn’t an option. In conserving historic buildings, for example, the goal is to...

Recommendations from The Ultimate Handyman In damp crawl spaces or other places where water is likely to appear, replace decayed members...

What To Do Once The Original Problem Is Addressed: Once the source of water has been eliminated, remove as much decayed wood as it is...

Carpentry Saves Structures Peeling and blistering paint often signal inadequate interior ventilation, or a missing vapor retarder, which...

The first and most important thing to do once decay is discovered, is to figure out where it started. If it is not wood destroying...