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Reproducing historic architectural details Reproducing historic architectural details Online Membership Required

When a train station's 120-year-old roof brackets decay, a carpenter braces the roof and constructs a detailed template to guide the restoration  by Brian Campbell

Making the Green-Building Dean's List

LEED for Homes is a new, comprehensive national certification program for green, energy-efficient homes. Builders who’ve tried it like it, but will it change the way houses are built? by Sean Groom

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In Search of the Perfect Screened PorchOnline Membership Required

Make the right design choices, and you'll have an outdoor room you can enjoy without battling the bugs by Scott Gibson

Q & A: Flashing cantilevered joists

by Mike Guertin

Removing a Bearing Wall
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Removing a Bearing WallOnline Membership Required

Hide the new carrying beam in the ceiling, and they'll forget that wall ever existed by John Michael Davis

Timber-Frame HybridsOnline Membership Required

Adding timber-frame elements to a stick-frame house makes economic and aesthetic sense by Anthony Zaya

Common Engineering Problems in Frame ConstructionOnline Membership Required

From undersize nails to overloaded trusses, here's a look at what builders get wrong when they wing it without an engineer by David Utterback

A Timber-Frame/Modular Hybrid HouseOnline Membership Required

This economical house design features factory-built rooms that surround a post-and-beam core by Libby Schroeder

Energy-Saving DetailsOnline Membership Required

A demonstration house in Canada shows new approaches to energy-efficient, environmentally sensitive construction by Kip Park

Hurricane Warnings

Sifting through the wreckage of Hurricane Andrew to learn why some houses survived and some didn't by Charles Miller

Glue-Laminated TimbersOnline Membership Required

Designing and building with engineered beams by Stephen Smulski

Building barrel Vaults Using longitudinal Wood I-BeamsOnline Membership Required

Longitudinal Wood I-Beams by Lamar Henderson

Tip: Documenting projects

by Howard Furst

Shed-Dormer RetrofitOnline Membership Required

Turning your attic into living space may be the remedy for your growing pains by Scott McBride

Deck DesignOnline Membership Required

A guide to the basics of deck construction by Scott Grove

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