A few weeks ago a visitor to my AsktheBuilder.com site wanted to know about brick foundations. Karen has an ambitious desire to build a small 900-square-foot house by herself. She is well aware of her ...

Solar builds are becoming more complex. “Perfect” sites with the ideal topography and terrain profile are less available, and sites that remain pose additional challenges for developers and EPCs alike ...

When self builders start planning their projects, foundations are rarely the topic that gets them excited. The focus almost always shifts to floorplans, interior finishes, kitchen designs or the ...

Doesn’t it seem like we’ve just started the year? And yet, we are already several months in. It just seems like 2019 took off to the races, and it behooves everyone to quickly adjust to the pace. Here ...

Renovating a building is like taking a long, honest look at your life. You have to decide which parts to keep buffing and which have fallen away, how much sameness to cling to without getting stuck in ...