Not to be confused with handsome men or breeding horses, studs are basically large vertical beams that help make up stud walls, whether they be structural or to partition rooms. Studs can be wood or ...

Pocket doors are the ideal solution for a variety of places in the home without room for traditional swinging doors or where they simply don’t make sense. Sliding sleekly into the wall, pocket doors ...

Q. I'm going to build a room addition myself because money is very tight. Can you help me understand how I frame in the door openings? I've never done this before and am very confused. Is the method ...

Question: I own a summer cabin that’s been in my family for generations. My wife and I decided to make it our full-time home. It needs lots of work, which I intend to do myself. One of the projects is ...

Dear Pat: We are building a room addition to our house. A group of friends is going to help frame and raise the walls. What is the best way to raise them, and how do we take care of bowed wall studs? ...

Q. I'm doing some remodeling work and I have to construct some interior wood walls. I haven't done this before and don't want to make mistakes. It doesn't seem too hard — actually it appears to be ...

Looking to hang something on your wall? You’ll need to find a stud (and not the kind with broad shoulders and a square jaw). Studs are vertical 2-by-4-inch beams that make up the frame of your house.

It’s best to have one continuous top and tie plate, but that’s not possible on longer walls. When multiple plates are necessary, keep top plate end joints a minimum of 24 in. away from tie plate end ...

The studs are the vertical pieces that make up most of a wall's frame. The cavities between the studs are called ... The size of the rough opening is specified by the manufacturer of the door or ...

Custom framing has never been cheap, but it’s also never been quite as costly as it is now. The price has doubled over the ...