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Cramped Closets? Before You Build, Read These Walk In Closet Design Tips
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Before You Build,. Read These Walk In Closet Design Tips. September 16, 2009. When building or remodeling a home, you should design closet space from a functional perspective. Often, emotional in-the-moment decisions can lead to long term frustration once the project finishes. Take time and plan your closet design. If needed, enlist a closet designer. Today, we’ll look at closet design tips for walk in closets:. A closet with a peninsula instead of a freestanding island,...
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Induction: The Fastest, Healthiest and Most Energy-Efficient Cooktop
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Induction: The Fastest, Healthiest and Most Energy-Efficient Cooktop. April 14, 2013. Are you a big fan of cooking with gas? It has its benefits more control over the range of heat reaching the pot and of course, when you turn it off….it’s off. But, you might be surprised to learn that gas cooktops emit both carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) when you turn on the burners. Induction heating is even faster than gas. Since induction reacts with the iron in ...
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What Kills Crabgrass? Two Methods that Worked for Us
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Two Methods that Worked for Us. July 18, 2011. Green home certification points are provided for including a area-friendly landscape and water-efficient irrigation system in the construction or renovation of a green home. Upgrading our current homes to include these features is one way all of us can make a difference. With this in mind, my husband and I had a new green irrigation system installed at our home earlier this year. The old one wasn’t worth saving. For those of...
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Why Seal the Top of the Drywall and Three Ways to Accomplish this Task
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Why Seal the Top of the Drywall and Three Ways to Accomplish this Task. May 18, 2012. Energy Star Version 3 requires sealing the top of the drywall to the framing top plate below an unconditioned space. But even if you aren’t building an Energy Star home, this step is worth taking. Why? Strapping and wood variations allow leakage between conditioned living space and unconditioned attic space as shown in this thermal image. Caulk or adhesive applied to top plate. Knauf’s ...
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About Me
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Tracy DeCarlo has worked in various facets of the residential construction industry for more than 15 years. She is currently the owner of Detailed Solutions, Inc. and One Stop Green Home Certification, as well as the author of. Don’t Forget the Linen Closets. The Difference is in the Details. The Birth of Detailed Solutions. 1) Costs often far exceeded budget. When Tracy and her husband Mike set out to build their own custom home in 2003, they incorporated many of the te...
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How to Design Closet Space For Optimum Use
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Home Building and Planning Guide. How to Design Closet Space For Optimum Use. September 16, 2009. The size, door location, window location, door swing, ceiling height, and general configuration of closets as drawn on your plans can have a tremendous affect on the square footage available for use within those spaces, not to mention their accessibility and ease of use. The following tips will help you catch closet design problems on paper, before you end up having to live with them. Pay Attention to Depth.
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Tracy DeCarlo's Home Building Lessons — Practical Ideas for Building a Functional Home — Page 2
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Transformation House: Energy-Efficient, Flexible, Green and Accessible. February 20, 2012. I’m wrapping up the green certification process for one very uniquely accommodating model home. It’s a practical size (just over 2500 sq. ft.) with a practical price tag. In fact, it’s perfect for: baby boomers wanting to downsize, young couples just starting out and families with multiple members. This home will also oblige people needing […]. Read the full article. I bet you neve...
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Most Showers are NOT Waterproof; Build One that Is
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Most Showers are NOT Waterproof; Build One that Is. September 28, 2011. It’s true; most tile-lined showers are definitely not waterproof. Grout is porous and just a hairline crack can lead to major problems. These characteristics can be exacerbated or handled by what’s behind the tile. Here are a couple dos and don’ts for shower construction. Green board installed in the shower. Never use green board:. Cement board-lined shower with sealed seams. Cement board is a massiv...
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Home Building: 4 Choices You Won’t Get to Make, Unless.. (Part 3)
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Home Building and Planning Guide. Home Building: 4 Choices You Won’t Get to Make, Unless. (Part 3). October 12, 2012. A lower energy bill is the purpose behind getting involved in our final product in this series – can lights. Although not usually part of the selection process, as you’ll soon discover, recessed can lights are definitely not all alike. 4 Recessed Can Lights:. How do can lights affect energy savings? The hole in the drywall necessary to accommodate the recessed light can result in signific...
