A question I am often asked is: "What type of wood is best to use for raised beds?" Most everyone wants to avoid pressure-treated wood and toxic wood preservatives, as they should, but they also want ...

Q When I bought my house I inherited a precast concrete shed that needed the door and frame replaced. I was warned by the carpenter who fitted it that the ledge-and-brace door would need trimming as ...

Pressure-treated wood has been around for nearly 70 years, yet most of us still know very little about this popular outdoor building material. To start, pressure-treated wood is softwood lumber, ...

If you’re planning to build a wooden deck this summer, you may have noticed that choosing a decking material has become much more difficult than ever before. Just a few years ago the only option was ...

Q-I am building a raised wood deck next to my house. I have to lay out the outline of the deck so that its corner will form a right angle. I know that a surveyor can do this, but I understand builders ...