A superinsulated sunroom might sound like an oxymoronic idea, but it is not. Just use triple glazed windows and thick foam over the wall framing and roof

In places where climate zones are irrelevant, form follows function, and the function includes kicking back

Joint a step and use a plywood sled to plane a parallel surface, flip, repeat.

A no-nonsense approach to efficient deck building

A deep energy retrofit in Concord, MA illustrates everything you need to know to bring a house to energy überville

Five ways to draw circles

Three videos covering the step by step process for flashing, installing, and airsealing an in-betweenie window in a Passive House Retrofit

How to draw and manipulate multiple sets of structural engineered lumber

Celebrate simplicity ... and sharp chisels

The lead extends like a razor knife, and stays razor sharp

Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain

Angled cabinets with wiring chases, prebuilt, installed, and dressed up with moldings.

Built tight and verify. And then ventilate.

Textured drywall patches in a flash—and the cleanup is even faster

Because kids have school projects and Dads have CNC machines.

Angled and tapered legs make a saddle for the tapered top

Floorplan dictates hood placement, roof framing dictates fan placement

You can't stop heat flow, but you can keep your floor from becoming a big ol' heat sink

The Straight Flush Saw is an entirely new type of worm drive saw.

The final step: center it in the opening, and seal the perimeter

The room where everyone gravitates to should be able to handle the pull

With the sill pan flashed, Ben turns to flashing the jambs of a window opening in this passive house retrofit

Traditional shipbuilding lives on in coastal homes

Its not how fast you roof, its how well you roof fast

Plywood and paint make extinguishers what they ain't