Once you know how to build a stud wall on a DIY basis, you can step into any remodeling project feeling confident that you have one of the most useful home improvement skills under your belt. Simple ...

Want to build a new wall inside your home? Perhaps you’re trying to create a new small space for a home office or hobby room, or you have a bigger appetite and are transforming a dank basement into a ...

Dear James: We are building a guest house using wood stud walls. We plan to build the walls on the ground and raise them. What is the easiest method to do this and have nice, flat walls? -- Laurie S.

Once you start cutting into walls, every hidden pipe, cable, and stud layout turns from abstract plan into expensive reality.

Shear walls are walls specifically designed to resist lateral loads, transferring the load from the wall above to the wall below and, ultimately, out through the foundation. This is a critical role in ...