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Satellite-dish mounting platform; maintenance-free door frame; windows; heating products; historic restoration
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Moving a house by barge
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Big Builder News Bits
By Wendy Leibowitz. Los Angeles-based KB Home announced it had acquired Chicago-based Zale Homes for $33 million, including the assumption of debt. KB Home closed 21,778 homes in the United States in 2002, for gross revenues of a little more than $5 million.
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Fatal porch collapse highlights flimsy connections, self-draining housewrap, new wood preservatives raise corrosion questions
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Up-to-date roof
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Q. I'm involved in historic restoration and annually shoot a couple of hundred images. I'm looking for a simple (and inexpensive) software that will allow me to take the photos and do markups for comparison. What do you recommend?
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A Colorado builder explains how he poured a new foundation well around the existing one to provide support and a smooth surface for waterproofing.
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Q: I need to remove several layers of interior paint from elaborate egg-and-dart moldings in a historic house. What is the most efficient way to proceed?
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Q: I will be installing a 40-ft. length of wood gutter on a historic house. Can you provide details for joining gutter sections, end capping, and installing the outlets?
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Q: We are restoring a 19th-century Victorian home with a painted brick exterior. The client wants to remove the six or more existing layers of paint, down to the natural brick. What is the best way to remove the paint without destroying the brick or morta