One of the projects is relocating the front door. Is there any magic to framing a door in an existing wall? What are the biggest mistakes you see on jobs when a person installs a new front door?

Installing a Window or Door in the Wall For a window or door, pick a size that looks right in the space. Using cardboard to help visualize can help quite a bit. Then, when framing, don't frame too ...

When you frame a door, you must use the straightest pieces of framing lumber that you can find. What’s more, you frame the door with a continuous bottom plate, just as the wall has a continuous ...

One worker was killed and another injured when a wall collapsed at a construction site in Pacoima.

ECLISSE 40 from ECLISSE is a door frame for the hinged door that is flush on one side and splayed on the other.

Concrete block walls are wider than frame walls, and take up more room, Johnson said. However, advocates of block construction said that block offers several advantages over frame.

I live in a very common home here in Florida. Most are built from concrete block. Twenty years ago, a room was added to the home and the rear exterior concrete block wall became an interior wall ...

Framing a wall always looks simple and straightforward, but a mistake—like a wall that’s too short or a window opening slightly too small—wastes lots of time and effort later. Here, we’ll ...