If you need to hang a door in your home, you might not know where to start. Believe it or not, hanging a new door is one of the most…
Outdoor Carpentry
Turkeys have been a fixture in human society for centuries. Valued for their meat and feathers, turkeys are raised year-round by farmers around the globe. Turkeys are fairly easy animals…
You can hang wood fascia boards to prevent water damage to your roof, but they also have some cosmetic benefits. You need to spend time both preparing and hanging wood…
Mounted at the roofline, fascia boards and soffits cover exposed sections of roof trusses over the sides of a house. Nailing these boards to the rafters creates a barrier that…
Bargeboard (probably from Medieval Latin bargus, or barcus, a scaffold, and not from the now obsolete synonym “vergeboard”) is a board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to…
Building a roof is a complex task that, for a beginner, may involve learning new terms. Rake, for instance, refers to the sloping edge, while fascia is the facing board…
Roofing felt, commonly called tar paper, is an important component of any roofing system. It provides the roof with additional waterproofing and protects the wood sheathing of a roof until…
Roofing felt, also referred to as “builder’s felt” or “roofing felt paper,” is underlayed on roofs before coverings such as asphalt or wood shingles are added. Resembling black tar paper,…
Roofing felt is a paper-like material made of organic fibers and saturated with asphalt tar. It is available for purchase in large rolls. Common classifications of roofing felt used in…
Roofing felt or tarpaper is the first layer applied to a new roof of asphalt shingles. Roofing felt comes in 15- or 30-pound weight. The heavier-weight roofing paper is used…