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How To: From Builder Magazine

  • a highly flexible material, concrete can be used to create colorful countertops with a variety of planes and surfaces. this top by sean dunston has integrated drainboards set right into the top.

    Make a Custom Counter For $8 Per Square Foot

    Concrete specialist Fu-Tung Cheng tells builders how to easily and economically fabricate their own countertops.

  • Bargain Basements

    New building code standard, ACI 332, offers builders a better alternative for building concrete basement foundations.

  • paint check: paint chemist stewart o. williams, ph. d., inspects test samples at the rohm and haas long-term outdoor exposure facility in pennsylvania.  continued research has improved paint performance in recent years.

    Cold Weather Painting

    Q: I have some homes that need exterior painting, and cold weather is closing in. My painters say they can paint outdoors when it’s as cold...

 

How To

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    Make a Custom Counter For $8 Per Square Foot

    Concrete specialist Fu-Tung Cheng tells builders how to easily and economically fabricate their own countertops.

     
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    Bargain Basements

    New building code standard, ACI 332, offers builders a better alternative for building concrete basement foundations.

     
  • The NAHB Research Center is Producing Web-based Videos to Help Solve Moisture Problems

    The Research Center’s new videos spotlight and solve moisture challenges.

     
  • Cold Weather Painting

    Q: I have some homes that need exterior painting, and cold weather is closing in. My painters say they can paint outdoors when it’s as cold as 35 degrees F. Should I be worried?

     
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    Cold Weather Painting

     
  • St. Baristo

    AS LAND PARCELS SHRINK near urban areas, builders face the proverbial puzzle: How to disguise multifamily housing in a single-family neighborhood.

     
  • Members Only

    NAHB wants to be an ally who provides valuable services that give members a competitive edge in a complex and demanding industry.

     
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    From the President: Building for Tomorrow

    Few things in contemporary America are more contentious than the question of how to fund new infrastructure and improvements to existing infrastructure. To help identify innovative ways of meeting the infrastructure needs of the growing U.S. population, the NAHB's new report--"Building for...

     
  • How-To: Minimize to Maximize

    Frost-protected shallow foundations. In-line framing. Single-layer subfloors. These techniques can save on your hard costs, at the same time benefiting generations of homeowners. Here's how to shave costs without sacrificing quality or energy efficiency.

     
  • Found Water

    Public environmental concerns have forced builders to investigate how to address water shortages.