Building codes are not sharp knives inspectors use to chop off the heads of contractors, they are books full of options for constructing safe and efficient buildings

Three shelf bracket joinery methods yield mostly no surprises—except how strong the second and third-place joints are

To install a good-looking board and batten trim, divide the wall space available by the intended spacing, rather than the batten spacing by the wall. Make sense?

A thick wall with exterior insulation with airtight details for the foundation and ceiling

Sound is energy. Stopping sound usually means absorbing it with mass

This building is designed with the sun—rather than with dimensional lumber—in mind

The Tyvek weather-resistive barrier can be a water barrier and an air barrier, but it is NOT a vapor barrier

Barriers, air gaps, continuous insulation, and redundancy give durability to a new crawlspace

Different proportions of the same four ingredients yield different strength mixes of concrete for structural and non-structural parts of a building

An overview of the premiere season of this new construction show. We'll follow MARK IV Builders as they demonstrate smart building envelope practices.

Ray tracing animations show how sound in an enclosed room reflects off of hard surfaces, creating reverberations and echoes that can make spoken language unintelligible.

Like billiards, with acoustics it's all about the angles

Can a wall plummet from R-50 to R-12 because of the studs?

Materials absorb or reflect sound, but not all frequencies are the same

The Model Remodel Show followed the progress of the 2017 Model Remodel project by Professional Remodeler magazine.

How steel reinforcement makes concrete stringer: by giving it tensile strength. And how to boost tensile strength with prestressing or post-tensioning

How building materials absorb, reflect, and transmit sound waves

Hey, somebody's gotta do it, right?