12+ hour, 10+ min ago   (760+ words) In FHB #334, Casey Knips answered a question about more-affordable joinery methods and tools. I was surprised that the answer didn’t reference pocket-hole joinery, as it seems to be one of the most popular and affordable methods. Does Knips also use…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1791+ words) In 1988, after we’d been married for eight years, Richard and I moved to the Tucson Mountains surrounded by Saguaro National Park to live in an off-grid home that we had built. The land we bought to build on started out…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (667+ words) June is National Safety Month, so now is the perfect time to ensure your home, jobsite, and workshop are as safe as possible. From fire-safe design choices to fall protection measures, common code misconceptions, wiring advice, and more, this list…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (664+ words) We work in one of the few industries that allows us to point to something tangible at the end of a workday: a wired-up subpanel or a built-in that fits the space just right. But technology is becoming part of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1718+ words) Through examples of old-house styles and approaches toward restoration and preservation, Poore explains how preserving original details, repairing instead of replacing, and learning the “language” of a house can help maintain both its character and its place in the larger…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1580+ words) This article argues that successful construction projects depend as much on strong builder-client relationships as they do on solid contracts. Drawing on decades of experience mediating construction disputes, attorney and mediator Dean Kilgore explains that most conflicts stem from poor…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (499+ words) When the current owners of this Greenville, S.C., ranch first looked upon the home, they didn’t see the cut-and-cobbled mixture of architectural styles brought on by numerous piecemeal renovations. They saw a prime product of the height of midcentury-modern architecture, which…...

3+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (452+ words) Like kids in a candy shop The International Builders’ Show is the place to see it all in the world of residential construction. It’s a lot of fun for folks like us. But it’s not all emerging technology, like this…...

3+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (401+ words) According to CertainTeed, OPA places a strong emphasis on performance, allowing builders to pursue energy-­efficient standards, including net zero and passive house. Once delivered, an OPA crew is sent out to erect the structure, often making the building envelope…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1078+ words) “Quonset” is an Algonquin word roughly translated to “small, long place,” which isn’t a reference to the structures themselves but the place where they were first produced in 1941, at a naval construction post on Quonset Point, R.I. In late…...