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  • Fear Factor

    EIFS is just one of the products that have cost builders millions over the years. That's why virtually every production builder shares the opinion of Randy Luther, vice president of construction technology for Centex Homes, about new products."

     

  • Steeling Home

    By Iris Richmond. Jeffrey Prostor, president of Brookfield Homes, likes turning the tables. Photo: Dietrich Metal FramingTaciturn Tiles: This diagram represents the Dietrich Metal Framing floor joists that should keep Centex's homes squeak-free.

     

  • The Systems Sub

    Custom electronics designer Charles Apostolos is making his first house call of the day, a 160-mile round-trip from his office in Woburn, Mass., to Keene, N.H., to see a potential client. None of this extra work would be necessary had the client thought to bring Apostolos and the builder together...

     

  • Mold: Asking for Trouble

    Pull on your sterile gloves, adjust your respirator, and take cover behind your legal counsel. It's time to do battle with the building industry's equivalent of the black plague...

     

  • Mold Block

    Extra mortar spilled behind brick veneer walls has caused many a moisture woe because the mortar can block weep holes. To cover all bases, clever masons will install a piece of rope that runs behind the brick and out through a weep hole at the base of the wall.

     
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    Mold

    The latest challenger in the scourge-of-mankind category, stachybotrys chartarum, aka black mold, comes with its own life support system: homeowners and their attorneys.

     
 
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