Construction Practices

Articles, surveys, ideas, trends, and tips on best practices for residential builders, remodelers, and architects serving the residential construction industry.

How to Insulate a Heated, Structural Slab with XPS

ProTradeCraft's Building Resilience season three starts with making a basement more comfortable

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

6 Must-Knows for Installing Pocket Doors

Save your sanity: Do it right the first time

Crawl Spaces to Basements: Proceed with Caution

Converting a crawl space to other uses can upgrade a home and add significant value, but when done incorrectly, it can also be disastrous

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Durosko: 10 tips for a great remodeling experience (Part 1)

Craig Durosko offers his first five tips for creating a great remodeling experience for your clients

Extended Warranties as a Business Driver

Remodelers can increase business by extending warranties on their projects beyond the standard one year

Benefits and challenges of a remodeling showroom

Adding a showroom to a remodeling business isn’t a cheap undertaking. Is it worth the expenditure? Professional Remodeler’s Tom Swartz talked to remodelers Dennis Gehman and Bob Sturgeon about their experiences with showrooms.