You may have an upcoming project where you need to attach a piece of treated lumber to a poured concrete slab or a wall. The wood could be a 2-by-4 bottom plate for a wall or a simple 2-by-2 cleat for ...

DEAR TIM: I need to build a deck, and I’m told that the wood posts that support the deck must then sit precisely on top of concrete piers. How in the world do you connect the wood posts to the ...

Question: I need to build a deck, and I’m told that the wood posts that will support the deck must sit precisely on top of concrete piers. How in the world do you connect the wood posts to the ...

I'd like to panel a small room in my basement.<BR><BR>Three of the walls are exterior concrete while the fourth is regular 2x4's.<BR><BR>Can I glue furring strips to the concrete and nail the panels ...

Q: I’m told that the wood posts that support a deck must sit precisely on top of concrete piers. How do you connect the posts to the piers? A: What you’re trying to do requires the skills to create a ...