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May 9, 2019

I have been rehabbing a 1950's house in Nashville that basically had been handyman clooged for 70 years. The house really was a tear down but my GC at the…

May 7, 2019

I've been completely stumped trying to find an old FHB article with framing details for a clipped gable roof (also known as a hipped gable or half-hipped gable roof). Lots…

May 7, 2019

Im building a house in MT Crested Butte, Co at 9,500ft.  Im trying to determine the most cost effective way to build an air tight, super insulated wall for this…

May 7, 2019

Im building a house at 9,500ft in Mt crested Butte, Co on a steep slope.  Most houses there are built with vented crawlspaces and wood frame floor.  Concrete is very…

May 4, 2019

Hi,I am building a garage on a thickened edge slab in Minnesota. The slab is insulated underneath with rigid foam insulation and vertical foam insulation along the sides.  My garage will…

May 4, 2019

Hello,I am planning to build my home with an island kitchen sink and I am trying to prevent sudsing issues.My desire to keep the plumbing within the joist depth, has…

May 4, 2019

Hi All-Building my first house and struggling between choices for floor joists.  Any preference between sawn lumber (milled stock) joists, maybe 2x10s (#2) or I-Joists (engineered wood) for strength, squeaks,…

May 3, 2019

Hey guys. I'm building a shed style porch canopy over an entry door and am thinking to make the brackets from douglas fir 4x4s. My plan is to paint the…

April 28, 2019

How do I do it?  Siding to concrete? The siding may need to be firred out with foam or wood to match existing siding?My garage was built in the mountains…

April 26, 2019

I am looking for an article that I think was in FHB that showed a roof strategy that allowed for a vent channel above a continuos layer of rigid foam.…