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• Prefinished Hardwood Flooring (Subscriber content)

  Prefinished flooring won’t create a bottleneck in your schedule because it doesn’t need sanding or finishing. A flooring contractor sorts through the available options and gives tips on installation.

   

• Kitchen & Bath: What's New in Cooktops (Subscriber content)

  New cooktop technologies offer greater control

   

• Focus on Energy: Choosing a Low-E Glazing (Subscriber content)

  The lowdown on low-e glazings

   

• Reviving the Rumford (Subscriber content)

  A mason explains what makes the Rumford such an efficient fireplace and tells how to build one.

   
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  Q&A: Combining Radiant and Baseboard Heat

  Q: I have a hot-water system feeding high-temperature baseboard heaters and a low-temperature radiant slab. How should the system be set up to accommodate these separate zones?

   

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• Hydronic Radiant Heat for Wood-Framed Floors (Subscriber content)

  You don’t need to pour a concrete slab to get the benefits of radiant heat. An engineer describes new approaches that combine radiant heating with conventional floors.

   

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• Ten Tough Energy Questions (Subscriber content)

  Puzzled by conflicting energy advice? We asked our panel experts to help out by summarizing the latest thinking on a number of thorny issues.

   
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  Q&A: Do Radiant Barriers Work?

  Q: Puzzled by conflicting energy advice? We asked our panel experts to help out by summarizing the latest thinking on a number of thorny issues.