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There's a Better Way: Line-Level Storage

grateful.ed, editor at large | March 11th, 2009

This quick video tip teaches you how to keep track of those little line levels.

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Building Our First House: Floor Plan & Elevations Tour

sjdehner, member | March 7th, 2009

After our house was featured in Fine Homebuilding (February) we've had requests to see our floor plan. For those interested this page shows the working plan - minus dimensions & notes - from...

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Top 10 Green Building Products

RDA, producer | March 5th, 20091 comment

BuildingGreen LLC, publisher of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec Directory, announced what they consider the 10 most exciting new products of the year.

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Footing Form On a Roll

RDA, producer | March 5th, 20091 comment

I laughed when an architect recommended we try Fastfoot, a reinforced sheet-plastic footing form that is unrolled and installed in a light framework. When I stopped to consider that I routinely pour concrete into forms made of foam, Fastfoot no longer seemed so silly.

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Covered Deck

Greg_Holmes, member | February 25th, 20092 comments

I built this deck on our house during the summer of 2008. I had help from family and friends, but the bulk of the work was done on my own. The framing for the deck is pressuretreated...

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Eliminate Concrete Cracks with a Well-Prepared Base

FHB_WEB, member | February 24th, 2009

Most concrete cracks can be minimized if the base is well prepared.

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Concentrating Solar Heating on purpose built shop

BradCSH, member | January 20th, 20092 comments

This Project has been 24 years in the making, however only the last 6 years in earnest. As the concentrating solar thermal collector prototypes were tested in quick succession, this...

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Temporary shutdown, layoffs at Cemex plant in California

FHB_Building_News, contributor | January 15th, 2009

The Portland Cement Association forecasts a “significantly weak” market for cement over the next two years, in part because public construction, which accounts for about half the cement used nationwide, has slowed along with the rest of the economy.

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on the river

whipandspur, member | December 21st, 2008

cutom home 300' from the big mo

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Craftsman Room Addition phase 1

Huck, member | December 2nd, 2008

Drew, a handsome young college student with a 4.0 grade point average, was involved in a tragic accident that changed his world drastically, and left him wheelchair-bound. His bedroom was expanded...

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