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  • Letters

    Coordination between subs; barrier-free showers vs. code; don’t ventilate crawlspace with moist outdoor air; code article misses the boat; more

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    WHEN BETHESDA, MD.-BASED EYA was opening its Capitol Quarter mixed-income development in the height of the housing boom, it set up a lottery for the 20 “workforce†homes in the project, those priced for individuals earning between 80 percent and 115 percent of Washington, D.C.'s area median...

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  • In the News

    Sealed crawlspace testing sheds new light on energy performance ; Advanta shuts down its credit cards; students win clean-energy prize for rice-husk insulation panels; more

  • Q&A: Leaky Air-Conditioner Coil

    Q: After replacing both a condensate pan and a pump, the plumber fixing my client's leaky air-conditioning coil finally determined that the problem was actually in the condensate drain. The drain's small trap was clogged with a mucuslike substance; unclogging it was a simple repair that took just a...

  • Products

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