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The True Tale of a One-Tree House

Olitch, Blogger, book author, one of the first FHB editors | April 12th, 20131 comment

Nancy longed to build an in-law cottage but could never quite make the numbers work. Then one wild, dark night, good fortune arrived with a crash.

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Advanced vs Traditional Framing

Matt Risinger, Blogger | December 11th, 20126 comments

Advanced Framing isn't all that difficult and the benefits can be tremendous. In this video I'll show you a traditionally framed house and compare that to an Advanced Framed house.

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Car Cathedral

TexasTimberFrames, member | April 20th, 20121 comment

The "car cathedral" is a 20,000 sq. ft. timber frame structure that will house an amazing collection of muscle cars when completed. This incredible barn, located outside of Houston, TX, is over 53...

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Notes from the Pacific Coast Builders Show

RYagid, senior editor | June 10th, 20103 comments

A look at the show's best and worst offerings

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IBS 2010: Green Builder Donates 1,000 Homes to Haitians

FPR, contributor | January 28th, 20105 comments

New building technology firm, InnoVida™, donates 1,000 homes to Haiti using Fiber Composite Structural Insulated panels introduced at IBS.

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From Scraps to Studs

MikeGuertin, editorial advisor | August 3rd, 20094 comments

You’ve heard of a See Saw but how about a SEE Stud? Turn your stud scraps into engineered lumber right on the jobsite.

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Fly ash deck planks

JFink, Senior Editor | April 27th, 2009

I know what you’re thinking: “Oh brother…how much can these guys at Fine Homebuilding tell us about synthetic decking?” Well, at least one more thing, apparently. But first a...

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