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Volume: 35 | Issue: 4 | Download
On the cover: With increasingly stronger and unpredictable thunderstorms, flooding isn't just a coastal problem, as evidenced by this aerial view of a new home under construction in Minot, N.D. See the story on page 39. Photo by David Valdez/FEMA.
Volume: 35 | Issue: 3 | Download
On the cover: Reeves Courtney, a carpenter in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., puts a Hitachi gas-powered brad nailer to work while installing base cap. See the story on page 31. Photo by Chris Ermides.
Volume: 35 | Issue: 2 | Download
On the cover: Thomas Moses, of Artisan Builders, South Orleans, Mass., puts the finishing touches on a Craftsman-style coffered ceiling. See the story on page 49. Photo by Dave Holbrook.
Volume: 35 | Issue: 1 | Download
On the cover: Tom Meehan, a tile specialist from Harwich, Mass., nails cement backerboard to the back wall of a shower, carefully keeping the nails well above the top of the threshold. See the story on page 39. Photo by Roe Osborn.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 12 | Download
On the cover: A carpenter strips the forms on the first-floor of a house near Seattle, where seismic codes demand significant amounts of steel in both the foundation and framing. See the story on page 51. Photo by Tim Uhler.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 11 | Download
On the cover: Carpenters install double-bulb gaskets between the structural insulated panels on a Bensonwood home built by Risinger Homes, of Austin, Texas. Photo by Matt Risinger. See the story on page 41.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 10 | Download
On the cover: Gary Boyer, with Edge Energy, based in Beltsville, Md., tests the draft in a water-heater flue after making modifications to ductwork near the mechanical room. See the story on page 33.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 9 | Download
On the cover: A carpenter with Creative Carpentry, of Austin, Texas, flashes a recessed window opening with a fluid-applied flashing. See the story on page 49. Photo by Matt Risinger.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 8 | Download
On the cover: Kyle Diamond, of New Dimension Construction, solders seams on an entry portico's flat-seam copper roof, in Duchess County, N.Y. See the story on page 23. Photo by Ryan Labrenz.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 7 | Download
On the cover: Two lead carpenters from Anderson Framing and Remodeling, in East Sandwich, Mass., go over a floor plan while snapping chalk lines for exterior walls. Photo by Roe Osborn.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 6 | Download
On the cover: Shane Fenton, of Thompson Johnson Woodworking, replaces a pier foundation for a cottage on Peaks Island, Maine. See the story on page 23. Photo by Ted Cushman.
Volume: 34 | Issue: 5 | Download
On the cover: Emanuel Silva hangs a deck ledger with LSTA strap ties. Story on page 19. Photo by Emanuel Silva.