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Installing AZEK sheets with PaintPro technology and how some high-performing black paints can reflect heat
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Oct 16 2020
A cladding system designed to look great and leak like crazy
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Oct 16 2020
A drum set built from cardboard looks cool, but it also sounds great.
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Oct 9 2020
Two WRBs and two rain screen systems accommodate two types of wall cladding
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Oct 5 2020
First-time installing stackable sliders, a bifold window, and triple-glazed casement windows are fastened through the frames: OA makes the mistakes, so you don't have to!
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Sep 25 2020
Installing a 700-pound window into a second-floor rough opening without a crane
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Sep 22 2020
Good kitchen design is universal: it works for people of all ages and abilities. It can also look great
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Sep 18 2020
Shower niches are a handy way to keep everything in your shower neatly organized. With the right tile and trim, they can also be stunning design elements within your bathroom.
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Sep 18 2020
Wrapping the outside of a house adds thermal stability and bridges the gaps between new and old construction
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Sep 18 2020
Belt, suspenders, rainscreen, and redundancy make this wall awesome.
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Sep 11 2020
An instant airtight and watertight roof deck
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Sep 9 2020
With 100 years of fuel on the floor and hotter climate, wildfire resistance matters almost everywhere
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Sep 4 2020
ZIP System R-12 insulated sheathing covers a regularly framed wall, a shear wall, and a firewall
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Aug 28 2020
A basement built with frost heave in mind
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Aug 24 2020
Water is the enemy of structural integrity. It just is, so you have to design against it.
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Aug 21 2020
Video // Design, Demolition
A large white pine dictates excavation, which dictates the foundation, which dictates the framing, which defines the living space.
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Aug 14 2020
A new show about extreme climate construction is interrupted by a global pandemic
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Jul 21 2020
This R-58 wall has I-joists screwed to the outside and dense-packed with cellulose. It is also one of the four best in 'BS and Beer' circles
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Jul 13 2020
Designed to match the texture of cedar shingles with the performance and low-maintenance benefits of rot-proof PVC building materials
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