If you have an office in your home, you’ve probably encountered the problem of having a rolling chair sink into the carpet, becoming stuck, and no longer rolling. This can be annoying at the least and make it harder to work at the worst. Office chairs are designed to roll for a reason: so that … Read more
Plywood slats are a convenient option for building or updating a platform bed. They are also ideal for building, repairing, and updating boats, building a glider for your lawn or porch, and many other applications. Typically sold in sets rather than singly, plywood slats are available in a variety of sizes to suit your needs. … Read more
Modern building technology uses trusses for roofs, rather than a rafter roof system. The main reason for this is that a rafter roof can be built less expensively, using smaller cross-section dimensional lumber components for construction. Since a truss is made of triangles, this form of construction turns out to be stronger, able to handle … Read more
Unless your home is built on a concrete slab, where the slab is the subfloor for the first floor, the floor itself rests on floor joists. These are usually 2”x 8”, 2”x 10”, or 2”x 12” dimensional lumber, depending on the span between supports and the spacing between the joists themselves. This is mandated by … Read more
We all tend to think of wood as a stiff material; but it’s not. All you have to do is take a thin branch from a tree or even a 1”x 4” and try to bend it to see how flexible wood really is. Of course, the thickness of the wood and the type of … Read more