Construction Practices
Construction Practices
Articles, surveys, ideas, trends, and tips on best practices for residential builders, remodelers, and architects serving the residential construction industry.
3 Steps for Installing House Wrap and a Rainscreen
ProTradeCraft's Building Resilience walks you through how to install a self-adhered house wrap, liquid flash obstructions, and top it off with a rainscreen
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How to Insulate a Heated, Structural Slab with XPS
ProTradeCraft's Building Resilience season three starts with making a basement more comfortable
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How to Retrofit Foundation Footings
To make a low-height basement a more comfortable living space, this remodeler digs deeper but needs to add support to do so
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6 Must-Knows for Installing Pocket Doors
Save your sanity: Do it right the first time
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The Lean and Green Blog: Lesson 3 - 'Lots' of opportunity
Down here in the south, you will often hear the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” When it comes to lot preparation, we seem to fix a lot of…
Top tips in tile trends and design
How remodelers can best use tile in their kitchen and bath remodels
Craig Durosko: Helping your client design for today
Often I see how 21st century homes don’t work for today’s active, and interactive, families.
Tablet Revolution
It seems hard to believe now, but when the iPad was introduced last year, there was a lot of question about whether or not Apple had finally made a…
Lean means cheap, ugly houses – NOT!
Todd Hallett and I are working with a fantastic smaller builder in California this week. They really “get it” and are very open to input from all of…
Editorial: Innovate Now
Smart companies are grabbing market share now and will reap the benefits when the recovery comes
NARI to Certify Remodeling Project Managers
Trade association first to offer certification for project managers
Three Ways to Optimize Employee Performance
I’ll get right to the point. Today’s business owners have lost a huge amount of loyalty, commitment and productivity from their employees. Leaders in…