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Four questions can help you decide if it makes sense to convert that "free space" into living space.

Experienced builders disagree about whether there's enough information about this popular tubing's health hazards.

Once you get a look at the New American Home for 2011, the other homes displayed in Show Village will seem modest by comparison, but no less interesting

The dugout may have been the best type of housing for western prairie dwellers living in sub-zero temperatures and howling winds.

David Gerstel literally wrote the book on how to run a successful construction company. It’s called Running a Successful Construction Company (Taunton, 1991), and it’s arguably the best...

Small-space living demands beds that do more than just lie there

Follow this bolting and lag-screwing schedule for fastening the ledger.

A University of Toronto analysis of smoking-related discussions in Fine Homebuilding’s Breaktime forum cites ongoing tension between smokers and nonsmokers, but also acknowledges that addressing the issues can get complicated

Breaktime contributor Starboardtacker is looking for suggestions on how to attach a deck ledger to his house. Should he use pressure-treated blocks between the ledger and the house? Skip the…

Everything seems normal enough on this bridge construction site until...