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All concrete home, 3 stories ICF block construction

CelticCustoms, member | November 23rd, 2012

All ICF exterior walls, 3 stories! 10,000 heated sq. ft., six car garage, indoor shooting range! Custom wood windows with 12" jams, ZO6 glass. Hers rating of 52!

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Locate Your Building on a Plot Plan with SketchUp

TheTimberTailor, member | January 18th, 20125 comments

With the challenges of setbacks, easements, drainage planning, and other code compliance issues, it's important to get the location for a structure properly on the lot. Google's free 3-D modeling software has some features that make drawing a plot plan a snap.

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Mountain Porch Retreat

WarthConstruction, member | November 14th, 2011

Our region has an extended outdoor season that the homeowners wanted to take full advantage of. The existing deck was not adequate for hosting large parties and had no covered space for protection...

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We Poured A Foundation!

hargraveshomes, member | November 6th, 2011

We poured our foundation this friday and everything went wonderfully. For the full low down check out the blog here. The pour went so well and we were lucky to have two awesome...

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A Different Kind of Foundation

hargraveshomes, member | November 3rd, 2011

When we first started planning our house we assumed our foundation would be like many others in the area. The typical footers with stemwalls, we researched using Insulated Concrete Forms and...

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How to look at houses (like an architect): Base

KHS, Contributor | September 7th, 20113 comments

Take a video tour with architect Katie Hutchison to train your eye on houses -- starting with the base.

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Siting a House

JW_Mejia, Blogger | May 14th, 2011

Things to consider when you want to take advantage of the sun's free energy.

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Carpenter quits job, builds himself a tropical island

Anatole, Editor | August 2nd, 20101 comment

Who hasn't dreamed of giving up the 9-to-five and escaping to a tropical island to while away the days until the bank account ran dry? Well, carpenter Richie Sowa is one who made the move and is...

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Fine Shedbuilding

jross, Web Producer | October 9th, 20094 comments

Forget the shed! It’s not about the SHED!

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Our Vermont Home Project

InspiredInside, member | June 19th, 20091 comment

This is the first gallery entry for the new home construction project my wife and I are working on in Plainfield, Vermont. These are a few snapshots of our life & project to date.

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Keauhou mauka replacement deck

WestHawaiiHandyman, member | May 6th, 2009

The finished replacement utility area/garden deck. Note new, ABS plastic drain vent on wall behind reinstalled utility sink. New, capped hollow tile wall protects deck and serves as low...

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Double Decker

pnbdinc, member | April 27th, 2009

The upper balcony was falling off of the house, and the downstairs bedroom had only a window to the outside. We designed and built a deck that is twice the square footage of the...

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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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