Features

• Detail: Fat-Wall Windows

  Extra-thick, superinsulated walls complicate window details. Here’s one solution that’s easy to build and appeals to customers.

   

• Guide to High Performance Hydronics

  New boilers use condensing technology, boiler purging, and power venting to boost performance. A heating engineer describes how to choose the right features for your project.

   

• Home-Run Holds Promise

  Plastic water-supply piping promises ease and economy, but it has been plagued by leaks and lawsuits. Now better materials and instructions offer new hope. We examine the problems and prognosis.

   

• Interview: Teaming up with Distributors

  Remodeler Jack Tenhulzen explains how referrals from product distributors close at a high rate and can help your remodeling business grow.

   

• PB's Troubled Past

   

Letters

• Letters

   

News

• Eight-Penny News

   

Q&A

• Why’s the Subfloor Sagging?

   

Design

• Building With Style: Common Floor-Plan Flaws

   

Business

• Business Forum: Surviving Those First, Tough Years

   

Legal

• Legal Column: Fair Advertising Under the Fair Housing Act

   

Reviews

• Builder's Library

   

Kitchen & Bath

• Kitchen and Bath: Kitchen Lighting Basics

   

Products

• For What It's Worth

   

Backfill

• Backfill: Rigs & Jigs