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Green Building For Profit
These builders switched from commercial construction to environmentally responsible residential building — and they’ve learned how to make money at it.
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lets talk about alternative energy
I am going to post this here since this seems to be the place for the global warming stuff and I want to see if anyone posts ideas.
I do not build new homes. But I am worried about energy costs and such. I try to read some of the stuff out there about ways to help with energy costs
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CMU Block over Frame
Anyone have experience building a house using frame construction with thin cmu block on the exterior and stucco over the block? I assume you still need weep holes? What about weep screeds? What benefit would you have with a gap between the block and the frame wall? Anything different on window detail, especially if the window is set into the
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