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Masonry woodstove with pizza oven

RISE2012, member | June 12th, 2013

In our new passive solar home designed by Sunplans, the masonry woodstove is a primary heat source. With just one or two burns a day, it radiates heat efficiently for 24 hours. An added bonus is the...

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Choosing a Chimney Flue-Top Damper

MikeGuertin, editorial advisor | June 1st, 2011

Pop-up dampers and hinged dampers install and operate similarly.

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Insulating behind a brick wall?

ecodude, member | July 28th, 20102 comments

I audited a brick house this week. There's no insulation in the walls. The customer doesn't want to blow from the inside (b/c the inside walls are papered and they're concerned about how the finishes...

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What a damp basement can do to brick

Cermides, associate editor | March 23rd, 2010

Some science-savy builders help an editor understand what's causing the base of an old chimney to deteriorate.

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Reader Feedback: Fine Homebuilding Issue #202, April/May 2009

RDA, producer | February 26th, 20092 comments

Readers respond to Alex Wilson's open letter to President Obama and more.

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From Washington to Maine: Building A House for the First Time

sjdehner, member | January 20th, 200919 comments

In April 2007 my wife and I, both in our thirties, left our home town of Point Roberts, Washington and moved across country to the small town of Belfast, Maine. With little construction experience...

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