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Webinar: Heat Pumps and Cold-Climate Applications – Designing for Comfort and Resiliency

Join us Nov. 14 at 2pm EST for a FREE online seminar and Q&A session to learn the ins and outs of high-performance electric HVAC systems and how to choose the right system for your next energy-efficient home.
The Basics of Makeup Air

Code expert Glenn Mathewson describes how to provide makeup air for a kitchen exhaust fan to prevent backdrafting of water heaters, furnaces, and other fuel-burning appliances.
The Boomers and Their Kitchens

Scott McBride takes a look at the evolution of the American kitchen through the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Keep Craft Alive: Brandon Patterson, Workforce Development Leader

This home-building advocate is dedicated to helping the next generation of construction professionals learn the skills they need to excel in the trades.
Bringing Back the Cookstove

The Esse Ironheart wood-fired stove is a space heater, cooktop, and oven all rolled into one.
Eight Units Become One

Cramped apartments make way for a bright and airy kitchen and breakfast nook when converting this historic Philadelphia building into a single spacious home.
Posts and Beams Revised

Non-structural beams help a new kitchen match the aesthetic of this post-and-beam home.
Floating Hardwood Floor with Unmatched Advantages

Steller Innovations Solid Hardwood Flooring combines some of the best qualities of solid wood and engineered flooring at a competitive price.
Concealed in the Kitchen

Tall cabinet doors disguise a spacious pantry and office in this new kitchen.
Podcast 201: Broken Bricks, Unloved Concrete, and Portable Tablesaws

The FHB editors offer suggestions for repurposing a concrete slab, protecting brick from rock salt, switching from a shop saw to a portable, and more.