Not to be confused with handsome men or breeding horses, studs are basically large vertical beams that help make up stud walls, whether they be structural or to partition rooms. Studs can be wood or ...

If you’re hanging or mounting heavy items on your walls, such as mirrors or flat-screen TVs, you need to attach them to a stud—the wooden or metal beams that make up your home’s framing. Since these ...

I recently had a project where I needed to install exhaust fans in two bathrooms which required new wiring, mounting the fan in the ceiling, putting in a wall switch, and venting the fans out of an ...

Rob Boydstun of Miranda Homes has had a steady stream of visitors to his model home in North Portland since our story about his revolutionary new product-- affordable green housing using recycled ...

Studs run vertically behind the drywall in your home or apartment. Knocking, using magnets, and flashlights are a few ways to help you locate a stud without a stud finder. This Craftsman stud finder ...

More than 70 percent of new-home construction in Hawaii uses cold-steel frame studs in place of traditional wooden two-by-fours. “No other state comes even close,” says Tim Waite of the Hawaii Steel ...