House & Home

Back by popular demand, these classic woodworking titles from Fine Woodworking magazine are filled with first-rate information that is as timeless nwo as it was when first published.

This is an essential reference for carpenters who hang doors every week or once a year, and it's perfect for beginners who want to learn the right way from the start. Good carpentry depends on simple techniques, each performed in a precise order. And Installing and Hanging Doors follows that order, describing in clear, easy-to-follow language and photographs the step-by-step process of hanging doors and installing hardware.

Getting a door to hang perfectly doesn't have to be a time-consuming struggle, however. Installing and Hanging Doors offers proven production methods and custom techniques collected from other finish carpenters and from the author's own trial and error. Even if you've never hung a door before, Installing and Hanging Doors can make door hanging easy and enjoyable. And experienced carpenters will appreciate the depth of information provided in Installing and Hanging Doors, including:

• Choosing a door
• Hinges and hardware
• Installing jambs
• Installing prefit doors
• Hanging doors from scratch
• Essentials of weatherstripping

Back by popular demand, these classic woodworking titles from Fine Woodworking magazine are filled with first-rate information that is as timeless now as it was when first published.

A new idea can be even more useful than a new tool. In fact, as you'll see in this book, a new idea is a new tool. Whether you're a homeowner or an experienced contractor, you're sure to find "tools" in this book you can use today and every day.

The tips here are practical solutions developed and tested on actual job sites by experienced builders. You'll find better methods to accomplish your building and remodeling tasks and improved ways to use the materials that go into your projects. These tips are collected from Fine Homebuilding magazine's most popular columns--"Tips & Techniques" and "Q & A"--and are reprinted here for the first time.

The items in this book are easy and inexpensive ways to improve efficiency and accuracy. They'll help make your work more pleasurable and more reliable. You'll be amazed at their simplicity and awestruck by their applications. And you'll wonder how you survived for so long without some of them.

Back by popular demand, these classic woodworking titles from Fine Woodworking magazine are filled with first-rate information that is as timeless now as it was when first published.

Here are hundreds of practical, hard-won methods of working that cover every aspect of home construction and remodeling. If you're the handy person around your home, you'll relish this unique collection.

No building job, whether new construction, renovation, or remodeling, is exactly like any other. Nor does building ever go precisely according to plan. That's why builders have to improvise solutions by relying on their ingenuity and experience. And with the job well done, few can resist the urge to share the insight that made it all work out. The "Tips & Techniques" column in Fine Homebuilding magazine is the pre-eminent forum where builders exchange job-site lore.

The editors of Fine Homebuilding magazine have organized all this valuable advice into this handy volume. You'll find extensive sections on tools, layout and measuring, foundations and masonry, rough carpentry, roofs, floors, drywall, trim carpentry, doors and windows, built-ins, and even painting.

Some of these pointers are basic advice to the novice and some are for the more experienced craftsperson. But they've all been tested and proven on the job. This is advice you can really use.