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 ...

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? ...

All 2x4s look the same, but as you begin to fasten them together to build walls, you'll call them by different names, depending on their position within the wall. The studs are the vertical pieces ...