Structure

Cold Roof

Ventilated Cold Roof Ventilated roofs are nothing new, however ventilated cold roof are used on SIP roofs in order to…

13 years ago

Frozen Pipes – How To Prevent and Repair

Frozen Water Pipes With temperatures dropping below zero here in the Northeast I thought it was fitting to write about…

13 years ago

Stepped Footings

Stepped Concrete Footings Footings are the most basic structural support for buildings in contact with the earth. For houses on…

13 years ago

Insulated Door & Window Headers

Energy Efficient Door & Window Headers With a continued focus on energy efficient construction (Green Construction) we are always looking…

13 years ago

How To Hang Christmas Wreaths from Vinyl Windows

How do you hang Christmas wreaths from vinyl windows? That is a question my wife posed to me as soon…

13 years ago

Ice Dam Problems

Last year we saw some incredible ice dam damage in this part of the Country. With winter bearing down on…

13 years ago

Energy Efficient Entry Doors – Wood Vs Fiberglass

Wood Vs Fiberglass - Which Will You Choose? Wood entry doors make a serious statement about the house you live…

13 years ago

Basement Vapor Barrier For Basement Insulation

Basement Vapor Barrier and Insulation We've written several articles about basement insulation and a cost effective approach to basement insulation…

13 years ago

Basement Insulation Guide

Guide To Insulating Basements Properly Over the last few years I've written many articles about different basement insulation topics. Readers…

13 years ago

Homebuilders Rate Trus Joist® TJI® Joists No. 1 for Quality in Leading Survey

Builder magazine 2010 Brand Use Survey also lists TJI joists as the brand builders use most I thought the following…

13 years ago