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Interior Painting Guide

These 25 articles and videos will help you choose materials and hone your finishing techniques for a professional-quality interior paint job.
Podcast 185: Hot Real Estate Market Buying Tips, Low-Cost New Homes, and Grade-Level Decks

This week's installment of the FHB Podcast includes a checklist for home-buying in a hot market and what to do about a deck built directly on grade.
Guide to Working With Concrete

Learn tips and techniques for forming, pouring, and finishing concrete for every type of home construction or remodeling project.
FHB House Video: A Heat-Pump Mechanical System and Prepping for Tile

With drywall up and trim carpenters and plumbers on site, we take a look at the ground-source heat pump used for quiet, efficient heating and cooling and the Schluter products used in the master bath before the porcelain tile goes down.
Podcast 184: Insulating an All-Brick House, Working with Engineered Siding, and Carpentry as a Second Career

The gang shares some listener feedback about workshops, painting brick, and cleaning products before answering questions about insulation, siding, and framing.
Podcast Episode 183a: The Reunion Podcast

Justin Fink, Rob Yagid, and Brian Pontolilo—the original FHB podcast crew—meet up to share some exciting new developments and reflect on good times.
Reinforcing an Existing Deck Guardrail

Secure a weak guardrail system by installing metal connectors or blocking and screws to reinforce the structural guardrail posts.
Code-Compliant Guardrail Post Connections

Resource guide for guardrail post framing connections using metal hardware
House Painting Tips & Techniques

Use these 35 illustrated solutions to make your next finishing project easier, cleaner, and more beautiful.
A 5-Step Guide to Flipping a House

The house-flipping process can be overwhelming to those new to the task. Follow these five steps to ensure that your flip is on track for success and greater returns.