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How Great Houses Take Shape Online Membership Required

An architect explains how to use the six principles of massing to shape a distinctive small home by Jeremiah Eck

A Better Home Right Now

This concept home shows how smart design, advanced building practices, and modern technologies improve livability and energy performanceby Rob Yagid

How to outsmart a rockOnline Membership Required

by Warner Bradley

Keep Your Basement Dry With a Curtain Drain

If your house is under assult from groundwater, make perforated pipe your first line of defenseby Eric Nelson

Q & A: PEX and pesticides: bad mix?Online Membership Required

by Daniel S. Morrison

So Easy Even a Carpenter Can Do It

Installing precast concrete foundation wall panels set on gravel footingsby Daniel S. Morrison

An Energy-Smart Foundation in Two DaysOnline Membership Required

A compacted gravel footing is the only prep work required, and you don't have to wait for the weather

Q & A: Reducing the risk of cracks in concrete slabsOnline Membership Required

by Larry Haun

A Solid Deck Begins with Concrete Piers

Build this simple foundation with basic tools and ingredientsby Rick Arnold

Tip: Sonotube cutoff fixtureOnline Membership Required

by Chris St. Onge

Q & A: Tiling over different substratesOnline Membership Required

by Jane Aeon

Tip: Splicing rebar

by Paul Rawlings

A Rustic Design for a Rugged ClimateOnline Membership Required

Tailored to emphasize the surrounding views, this open floor plan executed in durable materials is sheltered by insulating concrete wallsby Martin McBirney

Q & A: Retro footingOnline Membership Required

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Q & A: Frost vs. pier foundationOnline Membership Required

by Lynn S. Hayward

Start with BatterboardsOnline Membership Required

Ensure a square, level building project from the get-goby Jim Blodgett

A Victorian Re-imagined

Bold colors and subtle details bring out the best in a vintage homeby Tom Curtis

Q & A: Crawlspace insulationOnline Membership Required

by Bruce Harley

Footing and Foundation in One PourOnline Membership Required

For small projects, you can save time and money if you form and pour everything at onceby Jim Blodgett

One Lot, Two HousesOnline Membership Required

A Seattle home expands with a stylish in-law apartment that's environmentally sound and pays for itself over timeby George Ostrow

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