I’ve got many questions, not the least of which is how to secure horizontal wood framing members to the vertical fence posts so the weight of the fencing doesn’t cause a failure down the road.

To support our nonprofit environmental journalism, please consider disabling your ad-blocker to allow ads ... far more than the choice of a wood vs. steel frame. And perhaps more important than ...

The wood rot you’re familiar with happens in the presence of water and oxygen. Your framing lumber and the oriented strand board (OSB) are going to be fine. The glues used to make OSB are water ...

Even a well-built house with walls of brick or stone is vulnerable to a tornado's wrath. But wood-frame structures are particularly at risk: Siding and roofing blow off or are pulled away by ...