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  Expert Session: Designing Homes for Optimal Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)

  Join us Wednesday, July 22nd, at 2pm EDT, for a FREE online seminar and Q&A session to learn how to design high-performance homes with optimal indoor air quality.

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  Podcast 262: PRO TALK With Dejah Leger

  In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to lead carpenter Dejah Leger of Irons Brothers Construction in Shoreline Washington.

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  Paints and Stains

  Your project is nearing completion, and now you have to decide how you will protect it.

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  Building for a Benchmark

  Turning challenges into opportunities, TC Legend Homes secures Built Green certification for this new build in Seattle.

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  Warmly Modern

  A straightforward kitchen remodel checks off every box on the clients' wish list.

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  Changes to the Building Codes

  Code expert Glenn Mathewson explains how changes are made to the International Residential Code, with a chart detailing the code-development process.

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  How to Install Cable Rail on Stairs

  Learn how to lay out, install, and tension cable for a deck staircase guardrail.

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  To Vent or Not to Vent?

  I recently purchased a 1930s-era home that has a low-pitch hip roof over an enclosed porch that has been opened up to the living space. The roof is unvented and,…

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  Easy Shingle Cutting With a Pneumatic Cutter

  Hand-held pneumatic roofing cutters make fast, easy work of what is typically a frustrating, knuckle-scraping job.

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  How to Make Acute Cuts With a Miter Saw

  One way to cut an angle beyond the capability of your compound miter saw is to use a 90-degree jig. Here’s how to make one.

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Other Recent Blog Posts

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  How to Design and Assemble Rustic Oak Kitchen Island Brackets

  In this video, learn how woodworker Peter Polcyn creates timber-frame brackets out of reclaimed rough-sawn white oak.

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  Podcast 262: PRO TALK With Dejah Leger

  In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to lead carpenter Dejah Leger of Irons Brothers Construction in Shoreline Washington.

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  Multigenerational Living in Paradise

  While traveling in Bali, author Mike Litchfield writes an account of Balinese communal building traditions and how they connect wtih family values.

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  How to Install Cable Rail on Stairs

  Learn how to lay out, install, and tension cable for a deck staircase guardrail.

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  Podcast 261: Leaky AC-line Boot, Cold Kitchens, and Building Workshops

  Rob, Matt, and Patrick hear from listeners about sawhorses and thermal bypasses before taking questions about a leaky flat-roof penetration, air-sealing board sheathing, and building woodworking shops

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  Kissing the Nuclear Family Goodbye

  Despite the dead hand of single-family zoning, there are many compelling reasons to create second units.

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  Podcast 260: PRO TALK With Dr. Erik Severson

  In this Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to Dr. Erik Severson, Extension Associate in the Wastewater Management Training Program at North Carolina State University

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  A Passion to Build

  FHB readers share their stories of what got them started in construction.

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  Podcast 259: Flexicron Door Finish, Basement Living Space, and a Defective Tile Dilemma

  Rob, Kiley, and Patrick hear from listeners about floor squeaks, building codes in New Zealand, and construction-themed songwriting, before taking listener questions on clad patio doors, fieldstone foundations, and crazed tile.

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  Door Framing and Installation Guide

  26 articles and videos full of solid techniques for hanging all types of doors so that they function properly and look great.