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By including his subcontractors in the design process and watching every penny, a Midwestern builder creates attractive starter homes for $45 per sq. ft.

Soaring cathedral ceilings and a four-step footprint enable a narrow cottage to fit comfortably between a golf course and a steep ravine.

Structured wiring can link the phones, computers and TVs in your house right now, and who knows what else in the future.

Q: Back when I was a builder, I always installed foil-faced or kraft-faced fiberglass-batt insulation by stapling the face flange to the sides of the stud. Side stapling also is…

Knowledge of the code and a few tricks ease wiring circuits for standard receptacles and lights.

Learn how to weave patterns into shingle siding using contrasting red and white cedar shingles.

Q: I’m laying out a pattern of 1-in. sq. tile for a border. I’d like to stick the tile to a backing to make sheets of the pattern. This process would…

The perfect marriage of cost, aesthetics and performance is what suits your lifestyle and budget best.

Q: I’m repointing a single-flue brick chimney on the gable end of a roof. When I was just about at the top, I realized that the chimney had not been…

Q: I’m building a new home soon, and my builder wants to try an unconventional type of heating system. The crawlspace would be insulated and heated by small openings cut into…