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• Building Laundry Room Cabinet Boxes and Maple Face Frames

  Part 1 of a two-part laundry room build shows how to make cabinet boxes from pre-finished maple plywood, using dados, glue and pocket holes, plus a nook, clothes hanger and separate toe kicks.

  Published 10 Dec 2022

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• Replacing a Stair Railing with Box Newels and Half Newels

  Part 1 of a two-part stair railing remodel replaces an outdated white oak railing with a Stair Supplies system.

  Published 2 Apr 2024

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• Planning an A-Frame Cabin: Permits, Septic, Power and Footings

  The first episode of an A-frame cabin build on a quarter-acre-plus mountain lot covers architect plans, engineering, the permit application and contractor bids.

  Published 8 Sep 2024

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• Rebuilding a Tiny Basement Shower on a Concrete Slab With Tile

  A 25-year-old phone-booth shower in a finished basement is torn out and rebuilt on a concrete slab with a Schluter pan system, a PEX-connected mixing valve, an overhead rain shower, and 12x24…

  Published 18 Jan 2021

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• Floating Deck Build: Footings, Framing and Composite Decking

  A floating deck is built at the front of an abandoned house as part of its curb-appeal work.

  Published 28 Apr 2024

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• Ipe Deck Boards and a Dovetail Railing on a 20×20 Deck

  Tom Silva guides homeowners Melissa and Mark through finishing a 20 by 20 deck.

  Published 7 Oct 2026

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• Building a 20×20 Two-Level Deck: Layout, Footings and Framing

  Tom Silva helps a couple replace a rotted deck with a 20 by 20 foot two-level deck.

  Published 7 Oct 2026

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• Framing an A-Frame Cabin: LVL Beams, Rafters and a Shear Inspection

  The framing crew hangs LVL beams and 32-foot, 14-inch-wide rafters on an A-frame cabin, while plan gaps force improvised fixes for the subfascia and gable.

  Published 21 Oct 2024

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• A-Frame Cabin Framing: Wrong Lumber, Mud and a 60 ft Beam

  Framing begins on an A-frame cabin being built with the owner acting as general contractor.

  Published 7 Oct 2024

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• Setting a Schluter Shower Pan and Curb for a 3×5 Walk-in Shower

  Part 1 of a four-part walk-in shower tiling series covers planning the framing and plumbing, leveling the substrate, and setting a pre-formed Schluter foam shower pan in thin set.

  Published 19 Sep 2026