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Podcast Episode 180: Rigid Foam Over Roofs, Warm-Climate Insulation Details, and Fuel-Efficient Work Trucks
The Fine Homebuilding editors discuss some upcoming articles about building sheds and installing custom metal stairs before addressing listener questions about insulation upgrades, environmentally responsible transportation, and more.
How to Install Faux Stone-Veneer Siding Panels
This type of modular masonry siding is easily fastened with screws or nails, and doesn't require any adhesives or mortar.
Options for Fastening a Deck Ledger
Learn the pros, cons, and proper placement of ledger bolts, lags, and structural screws.
How to Install and Flash a Deck Ledger, Start to Finish
Follow the complete deck ledger installation process from prep to fastening to flashing.
All-Electric Buildings Can Work in Cold Climates
Deep efficiency combined with photovoltaic panels can drastically improve the economics of electrification.
Podcast Episode 179: Redundant Housewrap, Hybrid Timberframes, and an End to Vented Crawlspaces
The Fine Homebuilding editors offer their opinions on adding two layers of Typar, suggest affordable alternatives to building a full timber-frame house, and wonder why anyone thinks it's OK to build house on top of a mold farm.
Site-Built Shower Pans
Code expert Glenn Mathewson explains the details required by code and modern plumbing standards when fabricating a shower pan.
Avoiding Numbers When Building or Remodeling a Home
"Mark your work in place whenever possible" is just one of several tips seasoned carpenter Scott McBride offers in this guide to measuring more efficiently and accurately on the job site.
House-Flipping How-Tos
If you know your market and you can stomach the risk, there's still money to be made buying and selling homes.
Big Drywall, Small Lifts
These simple site-built jigs make hanging 12-foot-long sheets of wallboard easy, even when working alone.

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