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A Panelized Home: Factory-Built Homes With a Custom Flair
Panelized construction offers many benefits. Efficient use of time and materials, custom design options, and cost savings are just the beginning. |
 
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An Overview of the Home's Structured Wiring System
Bob and Tim Woods from the Internet Home Alliance meet in the kitchen. Tim details the Home Director structured wiring installation in every room, ... |
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Architect Tour of the Home
Looking at the completed kitchen and family room remodel in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Bob meets with the architect, who explains how the space ... |
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Backfilling the Basement Foundation System and Installing the Deck Supports
At the modular home site in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts Bob meets with Michael Shiels to discuss the backfilling of the Superior Walls ... |
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Bartlett Park Shipping Container Home
Bob is back in Bartlett Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, where they are helping to revitalize the neighborhood by building a new home out of four ... |
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Big Energy Savings with Concrete Construction
Bob talks with Jim Niehoff of the Portland Cement Association about building homes using concrete. For builders, constructing homes with concrete ... |
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Building a Container House
Steel shipping containers can be converted to strong, safe, comfortable, and eco-friendly housing in just 90 days. |
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Building a First-Floor Slab and Walls With Concrete
Bob talks with Ron Ardres from ReddiForm about the construction of the home's concrete-slab floor. To build the floor, the walls were constructed ... |
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Building a Modular Home
Bob meets with Pat Fricchione from Simplex Industries of Scranton, Penn. to discuss the modular home industry and specifically the home being ... |
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Building a Reinforced, Solid-Pour Concrete Wall
Bob meets Mark Newton of Solid Wall Systems to learn about the solid-pour walls that will frame this storm-resistant home. Bob watches the crew ... |
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Building Progress on the Converted Shipping Container Home
Bob Vila recaps the construction done so far of a storm resistant home in St Petersburg, Florida, where abandoned shipping containers have been ... |
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Building Reinforced Concrete Storm-Ready Homes in Florida
Bob is joined on the site of the Punta Gorda, Florida, storm-ready home by Jim Crain of Precise Forms. Precise Forms partners with Mercedes ... |
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Building Walls Using SIPs, Structural Insulated Panels
Bob visits the site to watch the crew lead by Steve Thompson of Premier Building Systems raise the SIPS walls and then talks with Jim Tracy of ... |
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Building with Polystyrene Forms and Concrete
The project in Norwell, Massachusetts, involves putting an addition on an existing house to create an in-law suite. A lower-level garage is being ... |
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Call-In Access
A Honeywell thermostat, in combination with the company's Telephone Access Module (installed in the basement or a utility closet), allows ... |
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CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding
Steve Easley is joined by CertainTeed's Steve Booz to discuss the siding being used on the EnergyWise House. CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement ... |
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Check the Label: A Guide to Green Designations for the Home
The green-minded consumer can quickly get disoriented in today’s growing market of green homes, green certifications and green labels. This list ... |
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Choosing a Whole-Home Audio System
Choosing a whole-home audio system requires a bit of planning and design-work, but the ability to listen to the music you want anywhere in the ... |
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Completing a Container-Built Affordable Home
Bob Vila teamed up with the St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Service (SPNHS) to build an affordable home using steel shipping containers in ... |
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Concrete Forms for Floors, Roofs, Decks
Energy-efficiency, fire resistance, low-maintenance, and speed of construction are some of the benefits of concrete homes. Concrete deck forms ... |
