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Features

Built-Up Hot-Mop Roofing

A roofing contractor with 30-plus years in the business tells why traditional built-up roofing continues to be popular and describes how to lay down a long-lasting roof.
Choosing Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring looks better than ever and is easy to install, but you have to select the right product for a durable installation.
Ground-Source Heating & Cooling Gets Better

Direct-exchange heat-pump technology is pushing energy efficiency through the roof, and because it requires far fewer feet of ground loop, systems can be retrofitted even on small lots.
Strong Rail-Post Connections for Wooden Decks

After testing deck ledger attachments, researchers at Virginia Tech crank up the loads on guardrail posts to see what it takes to make a code-worthy connection.
Interview Getting Into Insurance Work

Insurance work may look like a gravy train of good-paying remodeling jobs, but there's a lot more to it. An adjuster-turned-restoration specialist explains the ropes.

Letters

Letters

Hispanic labor; strong hips; attic mold; water-heater efficiency; tandem compressors; more

News

In The News

Storm-protection products take off; Arizona cracks down; Washington state's safety-inspection spat; private firms to conduct inspections in Houston; more

Business

Business: Developing Unit-Cost Assemblies for Estimating

Developing unit-cost assemblies for estimating

Legal

Legal: Why Operate Legally?

Why operate legally?

Computers

Computers: Let BuildWorks Basic and Quicken Show You the Money

Let BuildWorks Basic and Quicken show you the money

Kitchen & Bath

Kitchen & Bath

Outdoor kitchen equipment; tile backers and substrates

Products

Products

Tight-budget transom; garage-door facelift; caulks & sealants; landscaping products; standby generators

Toolbox

Toolbox

Framing tools; job-site communication; DeWalt demolition hammer

Backfill

Backfill

Scrap vs. itch