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? ...

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 ...

Thankfully, there are products for nearly every conceivable framing connection. But having inspected thousands of homes ...

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.

When you build a wall, the studs should be spaced equidistant from each other. Here's why the standard is 16 inches "on center", and an easy way to mark them. "16 inches on center" means the center of ...

The premium range of CrocStud Steel Stud Framing Systems from Studco is made from only prime galvanized steel and does not use any "Cold Reduced Coil Stock". CrocStud Steel Stud Framing Systems are ...

After more than a decade as a Boy Scout, one of our sons soon will achieve that organization's highest rank - Eagle Scout. In order to attain that rank, in addition to many other requirements, a boy ...

In the sustainable home building industry, many prospective homeowners want to make environmentally friendly choices, but struggle to make sense of a building industry that labels every house framing ...