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Building Construction Technology: General Construction Sites
Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Tim Carter provides this web page. Using a letter-answering format, Carter provides answers to a wide array of construction and home improvement questions.
Here are a few sites of interest, especially for the do-it-yourselfer.
This is the companion web site to the popular program from The Learning Cnannel. There are several web pages of "how-to" instructional information here, including such topics as plumbing, carpeting, tiling, and hanging drywall.