There were any number of moments -- when we came up a single 2x4 short, or realized one section was higher than another after it already had been installed, or that calculating the spacing was a ...

DIYer and woodworker April Wilkerson installs rod railing on a floating deck for a modern finish.

The design of every deck railing is controlled by the baby’s-head rule, the unofficial name for codes about spacing between uprights. It’s usually 4 inches, based on the premise that a baby’s head ...