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Design and Construction Home Improvement


This category is intended for resources related to participating in the design and construction of new homes and/or major additions. This includes tips on how to be your own general contractor, how to work with contractors and businesses, and tips for optimizing the design of a complete home. This category does not include sites which sell goods and services online (Shopping: Home and Garden), sites for businesses that design or manufacture products (Business: Construction and Maintenance), or sites offering advice for purchasing decisions (Home: Consumer Information).

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See Also:

  • Help For Unhappy Homeowners - List of steps which can be taken by homeowners that are unhappy with their builder.
  • Andy's How To Homebuilding - Tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home.
  • American Hardwood Species Guide - Independent information source on North American hardwoods.
  • Project: Pembee - An account of building a kit pole home on a block of bushland in Pemberton, Western Australia.
  • Rafter Layout with Log Timbers - Instructions and drawings explaining how to layout log rafters using a steel square.
  • Design Basics: Trends - Covers trends in home improvement and house buying.
  • The Masonry Institute of St. Louis - Highlights the best in Masonry design - interior and exterior photos including information about the builder, the architect, the mason supplier and contractor.
  • The Building Brows - Roofer and writer offers tips and tricks about building a home while living in a two bedroom, 720 square foot trailer, while simultaneously raising their six kids.
  • Renovation Wizard - A calculator that offers average costs of numerous projects then shows their value when selling the home.
  • How Did I Do It? - Information, pictures, and instructions for home improvement projects such finishing a basement, remodeling a bathroom, and installing central air.
  • Idea Workshop Journal - Collection of articles focusing on design issues in the home. Covers designing a home office, basement foundation guidelines, planning for accessibility, zoned heating and cooling systems, creating architectural detail with drywall, and kitchen design.
  • Family Room Project - One homeowner's journal of converting the garage into a family room--includes pictures.
  • The Wilder Home - Homeowners' account of the construction of their hurricane-proof waterfront home in Gulf Shores, Alabama of Dac-Art man-made stone, with glass tile mosaics.
  • Split-Level Homes - Homeowner guide to various divided entry homes, including bi-level, split-level, and raised ranch. Concepts, interior design, additions, landscaping.
  • Village Post And Beam - Photo journal which documents the 1998 construction of a post and beam home centered around a "great room."
  • Adobe by the Rio Grande - Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson.
  • Mass Custom Home - Article by Masa Noguchi, Ph.D that discusses a new approach to the delivery of quality affordable homes of tomorrow.


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