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From the Ground Up: Foundations A foundation is forever - how to do it right.   |
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Jeanne Huber |
Warming Up The Room How to add insulation when what's in the walls isn't up to par. |
This Old House
Bruce Irving |
The Carlisle House A celebration of This Old House's 25th-anniversary remodel -- from start to spectacular show-house finish -- with 21 need-to-know lessons for every homeowner |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
From the Ground Up: Insulation Proper insulation is the best way to maximize comfort and minimize energy bills. But insulation must be installed correctly. In fact, a bad job can actually make matters worse. |
This Old House
Scott Gibson |
Living Down Under Most basements are little more than a place to cultivate cobwebs and store cans of paint. But they are an ideal place for the low-cost extra bedroom, family room or workout space you've always wanted. And as we show here, basements can be turned into any one of several living areas. |
This Old House
December 2007
Eileen McCluskey |
Retrofitting Radiant Heating Installing water-filled tubing underfoot to heat a room requires some creativity when the flooring's already in place, but it can be done. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
From the Ground Up: Roofing and Siding There's more to selecting roofing and siding than appearance. These materials are also a house's first line of defense against the weather. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Framing That's as Innovative as Exterior Treatments New technology and techniques allow for higher ceilings, larger open spaces, and even cantilevered rooms. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2007
Joseph Truini |
A House With No Nails: Building a Timber-Frame Home Timber-frame construction allows you to create a home that is more distinctive than conventional. Here are the basics for building your own timber-frame home. |
This Old House
Travis Neighbor Ward |
Pushing the Envelope With new windows, siding, and roof shingles, This Old House's Timeless Home takes cover from the weather... |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Becker & Lego |
Homeowner's Clinic How to tackle termites in your home... How to maximize protection on your roof deck... Building a cellar door for a recessed basement entry... How to make electrical rewiring more affordable... Fix cabinet doors... etc. |
This Old House
Katherine Moloney |
How to Choose a Pitched Roof If it's been a while since you had a home reroofed, you'll find some new products on the market, including many that suggest the look of costlier materials without the high price. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
How To Take One Old Barn and Call It Home Barns make great houses -- once you clean them up, sheathe them, and add a few comforts for creatures of a very different kind. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Father Knows Best Not every new homeowner can get America's top contractor to stop by and offer advice. All the more reason to pay attention to what Kate Silva learned from her dad. |
This Old House
October 2007
Eileen McCluskey |
Detecting Drafts An energy audit can help homeowners find the spots where fuel costs are flying out the windows and walls. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Cambridge Project House -- How to Pull Down a Wall General contractor Tom Silva and friends demonstrate how to take down an outdated carport by hand. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Fall Inspection Guide Five steps to giving your house a yearly checkup. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jennifer Weeks |
Sun City When 18 teams of students built a solar neighborhood in the nation's capital, they created a showcase of the best new technology for conserving energy and harnessing the power of the sun. |
This Old House
Max Alexander |
Building a Flat Roof Right Here's how the pros construct a flat roof. |
This Old House
James Glave |
Bracing for the Big One Here are 13 easy, affordable things you can do right now to protect your home and property from storm damage. |
This Old House
Tom Peterson |
Grand Prize Winners: Search for America's Best Remodel 2014 How did one of your fellow readers earn our awe -- and a $5,000 prize? Well, first he had to "retire" so he could work on the house full-time. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Norman Becker |
Homeowners Clinic Expert Q & A Sticky doors... Good idea to remove snow from a ridge vent... Skylights more energy efficient than you think... Installing a water-channeling system beneath a deck... Home heartbeat... Nailmaster... Ready to roll... GE Silicone... etc. |
This Old House
Steve Thomas |
Materials: Roofing For most of us the roof is an afterthought -- at least until it starts to leak. Then we realize how critical that surface of our house's exterior really is... |
This Old House
John D. Wagner |
Hold the Dirt A retaining wall can hold back a hillside and turn steep slopes into living space --- if you pay attention to the basics. |
This Old House
Leslie Plummer Clagett |
All in the Family A simple family-room addition made a big difference in the way this house works. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2001
Merle Henkenius |
Installing A Tub Surround Sooner or later, every bathroom needs a tuneup -- and the tub's shower enclosure is often the best place to start... |
Popular Mechanics
February 2005
Wendy Wolfson |
The Big Leak Boston's Big Dig is the most expensive highway project in U.S. history. After years of ever growing frustration and costs, the the crucial Central Artery/Tunnel is open to traffic but it leaks. |
This Old House
March 9, 2000
Meghan Drueding |
Lofty Ambitions Try one of these seven ceiling treatments to improve the space overhead. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Richard Gensley |
Structured Wiring: Home Beauty More Than Skin Deep Infrastructure wiring in the walls adds significantly to the excitement of the home. Having the wire in place for connecting computers, security cameras, home theaters, and a host of automation features, makes it so you can take advantage of new and exciting equipment when it becomes available |
This Old House
Mark Feirer |
10 Uses for Foam Spray A 12-ounce can of expanding polyurethane foam often yields more foam than you're likely to use before the nozzle clogs, so get your money's worth by aiming the rest at the following projects. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Merle Henkenius |
Roof Repair Basics: How Your House Works Understanding how your roofing system works can help you talk knowledgeably with a contractor, or help you make buying decisions to do your own work. |
This Old House
Joseph Truini |
Classy Cover-Up Make an old tub surround look new with solid surfacing. You can purchase a prepackaged kit (about $600) and install it yourself. |
This Old House
Mark Feirer |
New Rules for Safer Houses The latest round of building code changes, published this spring, might affect your next remodeling project. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Costello & Verna |
Structured Wiring Panel: The Heart of Today's Home Just as the human heart serves as the primary organ in the body, the structured wiring panel too shares that role in a house and it needs to be regarded as such. It requires a small degree of care and a reasonable amount of placement consideration. |
Home Toys
June 2005
Larry Holben |
Total Room Home Theater Part 2 Here are different methods of acoustically treating the interior of your home theater/media room. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2008 |
The Ultimate Guide to Walls: How Your House Works A home's walls enclose, strengthen and hold secrets. Here's what's on them and in them. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Tekla S. Perry |
The Innovation Is In The Details A tour of Stanford University's new Environment & Energy Building, which is filled with innovations that save energy and water and make life inside more pleasant. |
Popular Mechanics
June 18, 2008
Joseph Truini |
5 Household Tasks You Definitely Should Not Try Alone at Home When it comes to doing your own home repairs, there's a thin line between being fearless and foolish. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2000
Thomas Klenck |
Concrete How it's made and how you use it. |
Inc.
November 2007
Nitasha Tiku |
Long Live Rock A family business found the right chemistry to take the symbol of the man-made world and bring it back to nature. A few nuggets about recyclable concrete. |
Popular Mechanics
January 23, 2009
Harry Sawyers |
Green Giant: The New American Home Debuts at the International Builder's Show The New American Home, a show house featured at this week's International Builders' Show in Las Vegas, seems to represent two extremes of American building impulses -- lots of environmental innovation in an oversize package. |
