A question appeared recently in your column about insulating an early 1900’s house from the inside. Your answer concerned the use of foam insulation and the application of rigid foam board to ...

Perhaps you've heard whisperings about staggered stud walls, possibly by people in trench coats and sunglasses pretending not to talk to each other in a Home Depot aisle. And perhaps you didn't ...

Double stud walls can be significantly more expensive than the classic single stud wall, but is this additional cost ...

Insulating exterior walls with new insulation in a hidden wall cavity during an upgrade is ... walls are framed with 2×4 studs and either have just R-13 fiberglass batt insulation or no ...

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 ...

Q: I need to hang some cabinets, but I don't own an expensive stud finder tool. I borrowed one from a neighbor in the past and had limited success with it. Can you share any secrets on how you find ...

October 26, 2017. Rock wool’s new role: protecting exterior wood stud walls ...

The walls are brick over insulated stud walls. What, if anything, ... The 2x4 studded insulated wall supports the house and the brick is added just as an exterior covering.

We’ve all been there at some point: anxiously trying to find a wall stud while you’re in the process of hanging a picture, shelf, or TV mount. Most st ...

The stud is simply a vertical two-by-four beam in the wall for structural support. And if you lost your stud finder in the moving boxes or simply don’t have one to begin with, these hacks will help.

Introduced in 2009, the WallClaw Anchor provides one of the fastest, easiest ways to attach to a wall. It installs in seconds, requires no drilling, and can be removed easily. And once the anchor ...