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Making the American Dream Affordable
A Texas builder tackles affordable housing with recycled materials, job-site waste and minimum-wage crews.
Joints in a built-up beam
Q: My brother and I have worked together building many houses. He insists that we can let the joints in the layers of a built-up center beam fall between the…
What’s Hot in Bathroom Heaters?
There are lots of options for taking the chill off. Which one fits your house?
Installing a Geothermal Heating and Cooling System
Ground-source heat pumps rely on buried water loops to heat and cool efficiently and economically.
Widow’s walks
Q: I’ve been interested in widow’s walks ever since visiting Cape Cod in my youth. I’m now building a house for myself, and I’d like to incorporate a widow’s walk on…
Installing Kitchen Cabinets
Careful planning and knowing exactly where the framing is help factory-made cabinets go in quickly and easily for a custom look with no nasty surprises.
Building a House of Insulated Concrete Block
Dry-laid walls reinforced with steel and filled with concrete make a weathertight, bugproof house.
Insulating With Cellulose
Blown in behind the drywall, high-density cellulose air-seals as it insulates.
Installing Crown Moldings
Careful layout and accurate miters make installing a two-part trim an easier process.
Installing Manufactured-Stone Veneer
Made from cast concrete, so-called phony stone is good looking, affordable and easy to work with, but best of all, gravity is not required.

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