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Radiant Floor Heating: Can One Floor Heat Two Stories?

ScottG, contributing writer | October 20th, 20103 comments

Would a house be comfortable if you just heat the bottom floor? With 6,000 heating degree days a year, Omaha, Nebraska, isn’t exactly balmy come mid-winter. If a ranch-style house has a radiant-floor heating...

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Should Insulated Concrete Forms be Air-Sealed?

ScottG, contributing writer | October 6th, 2010

Roger Lin wants a very tight house, tight enough to meet the Passive House standard of 0.6 air changes per hour under a blower-door test. Lin will be using insulated concrete forms, which combine...

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My New Favorite Power Tool

patrick_mccombe, Associate editor | October 4th, 20104 comments

After struggling with a consumer-grade chainsaw for years, I finally bucked up for the real deal.

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Get 50% Off Admission to West Coast Green 2010

FHBdotcom, editor | September 30th, 2010

We've been asked to offer a great deal on tickets to the world's leading interactive conference on green innovation for the built environment.

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Podcast: Liability and Lead-Safe Remodeling -- Insurance, Anyone?

FHBdotcom, editor | September 30th, 20102 comments

In this episode we’ll finish up our our series on lead paint. In the first two episodes of this three-part series we talked about tools, OSHA, and costs. In this episode we talk...

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Podcast: The New Cost of Lead-Safe Remodeling

FHBdotcom, editor | September 30th, 20101 comment

Welcome back to the Lunch Pail Podcast series. In this epidode, we continue our series on lead paint. Last episode, we talked about tools; now we'll talk about costs. In the next, and final, episode...

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Podcast: Lead-Safe Remodeling Tools and Equipment

FHBdotcom, editor | September 29th, 2010

Welcome back to Fine Homebuilding’s lunchpail podcast. We’ve been on a bit of a vacation lately and we’re back now. This week we’ll begin a series on lead paint and the new...

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What's the Best Way to Control Indoor-Air Quality and Humidity in a House?

FHBdotcom, editor | September 23rd, 20101 comment

The tighter the house, the greater the need for whole-house ventilation. But what system would work best for your house?

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Is Formaldehyde-Foam Insulation Safe?

FHBdotcom, editor | September 15th, 20101 comment

When high-performance builders talk about spray-foam insulation, they’re typically talking about polyurethane. But it turns out there’s more than one kind of spray foam used in...

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