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Sill Plates
Why we love Spring Green
Up and Out of the Ground
Footings & Foundations
Site Prep
Introducing Poem Home #2
On the Boards
Roadmap to Net-Zero
Another Year, Another Fair
How I Built a Net Zero House
Ecos Paints
Taliesin Summer Camp
Energy Fair
Fine Homebuilding
On the Boards
Zero Energy Project
Finishing Touches: OUTSIDE
Finishing Touches: INSIDE
Mind the Gap: Take Three
Barrier-Free
Plumbing
The Loft Explained
Cabinets & Countertops
Who Knew Plywood Could Be Elegant?
Mud & Paint
Dense Pack: Take 2
Mind the Gap: Take Two
Electrical & Mechanical
Inground Gutters
Building a Loft out of a Pine Tree
Rooms Take Shape-Interior Framing
Wood is Good
Cement Board Siding
WORKSHOP at the Energy Fair
Dense Pack: Take 1
Sealing the Slab
Hanging the Lid
The Whys and Hows of Vapor Retarders
Mind the Gap: Take One
Vent Chute
Windows & Doors
Roofing
Throwback
Eaves
Exterior Air-Sealing
Rough Framing
Sills & Slabs
Foam & Foam Waste
Radon
Filling & Trenching
Pros & Cons: SLABS
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Breaking Ground
Deep Time
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