Minimum Bedroom Size: What Legally Counts as a Bedroom
The minimum bedroom size question usually comes up for one of three reasons. You are turning a basement room or an office into a bedroom. You are buying a house…
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Outlet Height: Where Switches and Receptacles Belong
Ask three builders about outlet height and you will get the same answer, delivered with total confidence, and none of them will be quoting a code book. That is because…
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Standard Bathtub Sizes: How to Tell If One Fits
Standard bathtub sizes are more standard than most people expect, which is good news if you are replacing one and slightly frustrating if you were hoping for something dramatic. The…
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Countertop Overhang: How Far It Should Stick Out
Countertop overhang is the part of the counter that hangs past the cabinet underneath it. It sounds like a detail the fabricator will handle on your behalf. Then the stools…
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Baseboard Height: How to Size Trim to Your Ceiling
Baseboard height is the cheapest upgrade in a room that nobody notices you made, and the most obvious mistake when you get it wrong. Swap a builder grade three inch…
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Retaining Wall Height: The Number That Decides Permit and DIY
Retaining wall height is the one garden measurement with legal consequences. Most landscaping choices are a matter of taste. A retaining wall is a structure holding back several tons of…
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Dishwasher Dimensions: The Opening That Decides If It Fits
Dishwasher dimensions look like the easiest spec in a kitchen. Everything is 24 inches, so any dishwasher fits any gap, right? Then the new machine arrives, sits proud of the…
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Shower Head Height: How High to Mount It for Everyone
Shower head height is one of those numbers a plumber sets in about four seconds, usually without asking anyone, and then you live with it for twenty years. Get it…
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Bed Height: How Tall Should a Bed Be Off the Floor?
Bed height is the measurement almost nobody checks before buying a bed, and it quietly decides how the whole room works. It controls how easy the bed is to get…
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What to Do Before First Frost: Cover, Harvest or Leave
The forecast says 34 degrees overnight and suddenly you have decisions to make before dark. Knowing what to do before first frost arrives is mostly a sorting problem. Some plants…
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