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Frame a Classic Shed DormerOnline Membership Required

If you start with a full-scale layout on the subfloor and plan for the finished details, the framing is relatively painless by John Spier

Energy-Smart Advice for Remodeling
Video: Energy-Smart Advice for Remodeling

The time to think about the energy impact of an addition is before demolition begins by John Jennings

A Brick Rehab Meets LEED's Highest StandardsOnline Membership Required

Solar panels aside, you can’t see the upgrades that make this downtown remodel so energy efficient by Richard Renner

This Roof Grows Greener
Video: This Roof Grows Greener

Learn how planting a roof can help fight global warming by Richard Renner

Bending and Installing Drip Edges with Flat Seam Copper
Video: Bending and Installing Drip Edges with Flat Seam Copper

Here's how to make a clean, neat drip edge with intersecting angles by Patrick Sheeley

Hemming a Bay Window Seam with Flat Seam Copper
Video: Hemming a Bay Window Seam with Flat Seam CopperOnline Membership Required

Although a tricky process, this step-by-step video makes it look easy by Patrick Sheeley

Top-Down Roofing: How To Install Shingles on a Steep Turret
Video: Top-Down Roofing: How To Install Shingles on a Steep TurretOnline Membership Required

Smart framing and layout make this job seem easy by Rick Arnold

Reproducing historic architectural details
Reproducing historic architectural detailsOnline 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

How Great Houses Take ShapeOnline Membership Required

An architect explains how to use the six principles of massing to shape a distinctive small home by Jeremiah Eck

Neighborly From the StartOnline Membership Required

A new home combines privacy, daylight, and durability, and fits comfortably into a traditional neighborhood by Charlie Witzke

Smart Massing Adds Space and Light

Go inside this lakeside cottage to see how massing influences interior shapes  by Jeremiah Eck

Composing roof penetrationsOnline Membership Required

A litany of options for roof penetrations ensure that this connection stays tight by Russell Hamlet

An improved rafter pattern
Tip: An improved rafter pattern

by Tinsley Morrison

Can this dormer be saved?
Q & A: Can this dormer be saved?

by Michael Maines

Designing the right roof rake
Designing the right roof rakeOnline Membership Required

Among the important details on a roof is the rake, the sloping edge along the end wall of a gable, shed, or gambrel roof by Katie Hutchison

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