Several weeks ago, I shared a story with you about a young woman. She attends our church, and my wife and I are friends with her. A week ago she reached out to me with a new problem. She was ...

If your stair railing is old, dysfunctional, not to code, or simply not to your taste, you may have considered changing it ...

A San Mateo reader's husband has a neurological disorder that affects his balance and ability to walk. He's reluctant to make safety improvements to their home because he doesn't want to pay to have ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s flashback Friday this week and Danielle Todesco is bringing back one of her favorite DIY projects — when she teamed up with her sister-in-law to modernize a stair railing and ...

Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...

My old wood deck is deteriorating and the stairs could be hazardous. What is the easiest way to install new ones for an ...