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Volume: 38 | Issue: 4 | Download
On the cover: Lead carpenter Ian Schwandt reviews the insulated roof deck detail for a 1930s log cabin near Kent, Conn., with apprentices Alex Lord and Robert Butts. See the story on page 25. Photo by Sara Lukasiewicz
Volume: 38 | Issue: 3 | Download
On the cover: Tim Uhler, of Pioneer Builders in Port Orchard, Wash., makes a plumb cut on a rafter using Makita's cordless framing saw. See the story on page 37. Photo courtesy Tim Uhler.
Volume: 38 | Issue: 2 | Download
On the cover: James Mahony of Dennis, Mass., lays down a sheet of interlocking pebbles on the floor of a walk-in shower. The curbless shower floor slopes down to a linear drain. See the story on page 31. Photo by Roe Osborn.
Volume: 38 | Issue: 1 | Download
On the cover: Jason Hammer, owner of The Carpentry Pros, in New Palestine, Ind., test fits a tread on a stair remodel. He slides shims under the tread while checking level in two directions. See the story on page 37. Photo by Morris Ridenour.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 12 | Download
On the cover: Lead carpenter Aaron Butt teaches a stair-building workshop at the Grand Banks Building Products yard in Gloucester, Mass.
For a look at the transformation of skilled labor in the building trades, see the story on page 34. Photo by Monica Banks.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 11 | Download
On the cover: A crew member with Lehto Design/ Build installs blown cellulose into the attic of a zero-energy home in Connecticut. See the story on page 49. Photo by Ted Cushman.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 10 | Download
On the cover: Joe Rosipal, of Air Rite by Design in Austin, Texas, checks the operation of a Mitsubishi variable-refrigerant-flow heat-pump compressor. See the story on page 25. Photo by Ted Cushman.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 9 | Download
On the cover: John Carroll prepares to lay bricks for the top step on a brick stairway in Fuquay-Varina, N.C. See the story on page 27. Photo by Matthew Carroll Navey.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 8 | Download
On the cover: Dusty Morrits (left) and Dalton Haskins (right) of Evergreen Roofing, based in Colchester, Vt., install standing-seam roofing panels on a turret roof in Westford, Vt. Photo by Tim Healey. See the story on page 25.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 7 | Download
On the cover: Justin Cline, of Eldon Builders in Cape May, N.J., tacks joists in place for a two-story porch supported by radiused steel I-beams and steel columns. Photo by Nate Eldon. See the story on page 36.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 6 | Download
On the cover: Aaron Guinness, Adam Haselton, and Josh Girard (working the excavator) of North Country Construction install a foundation drainage system in Jericho, Vt. Photo by Tim Healey. See the story on page 12.
Volume: 37 | Issue: 5 | Download
On the cover: Tommy Hotaling and Travis Rau, of Unity Homes, position a prefabricated roof panel onto a home on Cape Cod. Assembly of the factory- built home took a little less than five days. Photo by Roe Osborn. See the story on page 33.