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Odor Control Between Floors
How to prevent the smell of marijuana from entering your unit
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Condensation With Plastic Baffles in a Vented Attic
Should the baffles be removed and replaced with vapor-permeable baffles or is there a better solution?
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Best Practices for Clearing a Woodlot
An owner/builder has a big pile of trees and brush with no apparent market value. Now what?
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Fixing Problems With a New Metal Roof
Adding a layer of exterior insulation looks likely, but the question is how much?
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Energy Upgrade in a Cold Climate
A Canadian carpenter weighs the details of an exterior renovation in Alberta
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Where to Invest When Preparing Your House for Power Outages
How best to cope with disruptions in grid-tied utility services during winter
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Insulating a Concrete-Block House
A Michigan homeowner looks for a way to insulate above-grade walls without marring the decorative block
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Calculating Loads for Helical Piers
Substituting piers for standard concrete footings raises questions for a reader planning a new deck
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Revisiting the Passive Solar Debate
Is it possible to incorporate passive solar design principles when construction plans are underway?
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Giving a Heat Pump an Occasional Boost
How to solve a two-week-a-year performance problem