Around the House: There's more than one way to insulate exterior walls. Updated: ; Mar. 21, 2010, 12:00 p.m. | Published: Mar. 21, 2010, 11:00 a.m. Published: Mar. 21 ...

Renovating an 1875 dog-trot home, one owner reveals original walls, stained glass, and vintage wallpaper—each layer tells a ...

Hapi Homes offers 18 models to choose from, but customers can also opt for a custom-built tiny home if they want something ...

The exterior walls of a wood-frame building often are finished with a decorative material, such as brick, stucco, stone, or aluminum or vinyl cladding. For the purpose of this discussion, the ...

Key Takeaways. The average cost to frame an average-sized family house is $25,000, with prices that can range from $12,000 to $40,000.; The cost depends on factors such as the size of the house ...

Framing (includes roof): $49,763 Trusses: $12,903 Sheathing: $6,513 General metal and steel: $1,718 Other: $85 What goes into exterior finish work for a new house? Exterior finish work includes ...

A SIPs home has no conventional framing, but goes up like a house of cards, one panel at a time. I’ve used SIPs in three of ...

If you’re going to open up the exterior of your house by re-siding or re-cladding, it’s an opportunity to add exterior insulation for a warmer, more efficient home.

Artificial stone on a house facade is not waterproof. ... It was hard to watch, because I know how easy it is to ensure that rainwater never touches wood exterior wall framing.

Q: Is it a good or bad idea to insulate house walls if the exterior is brick and the interior is plaster? It’s been recommended that we insulate our walls. The house was built in the 1940s. The ...

Paradise Valley house with metal exterior, walls of glass sells for $4.03M. ... a steel frame entryway door and European oak and limestone flooring. Bill and Susan Roach sold the home.

Gazette file Seal it up: Locate and seal gaps between the foundation wall and the framing with expanding spray foam and caulk. Q. I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold.