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Hurricanes Katrina and Ike pointed out how fragile homes can be. With new construction or rebuilding after storm damage, build green, sustainable, and strong with ICFs.

ICFs are a green building technology that is fast gaining market share in the construction industry. Hollow Styrofoam blocks are stacked and poured with concrete.

Each year, California wildfires destroy homes. When techniques like firebreaks are prohibited by environmentalist activists, fireproof houses are a protective measure.

There are many counter surface materials for bathroom and kitchen remodeling makeovers; natural stone, bamboo, and more. Reap the home equity ROI in these rooms.

The Pythagorean theorem is the basis for the 3-4-5 rule. This simple math equation is a carpenter's tool used to find or verify the squareness of a room or object.

Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) are stay-in-place interlocking foam block products that provide great strength, sound-proofing and r-value.

Concrete kitchen countertops are more affordable than granite but just as elegant. Learn how to build the concrete form and pour and trowel concrete to make your own!

Top Christmas holiday gift ideas for DIY projects around the house or the carpenter, builder, or remodeler. Table saw, Sawzall, laser level, drill press, and grinder.

Denim insulation? Trendy, but the new kid on the block is green, sustainable, energy efficient spray foam insulation made from soy beans. It's not just for tofu anymore.

Structural Insulated Panel (SIPs) construction is the foundation of an Energy Star rating. Green building has many advantages: tax credits and 50%-off utility bills.

The second in the DIY concrete slab series, this article explains finishing the slab by the steps of screeding, darby, edging, grooving, floating, and troweling the slab.

Stamped concrete is also known as imprinted and patterned. Used on patios, pool decks, walkways, and even driveways, it's a durable substitute for wood, flagstones, more.

Deciding which premixed concrete blend to use? There are differences between general purpose premixed, fiber-reinforced, countertop concrete, and fast-setting concrete.

Christians do not worship the cross, and Americans do not worship a flag. The use of symbols and religious icons in Hinduism isn't idolatry, but a tool to focus the mind.

Backyard landscape design takes some creative planning when it comes to patio design. Free form concrete and flagstone layout can be the start of a garden paradise.

One of the pillars of Traditional Chinese Medicine, meridians are invisible lines through the body that carry energy to every organ and system.

While young children encounter geometric forms everywhere, there is still a need to make them conscious of their presence, their geometric properties and relationships.

The first in a DIY concrete slab series. It explains slab layout, digging the slab's footing, building and leveling the form, pouring concrete, and screeding the slab.

Eco-friendly, affordable, and sustainable - cordwood masonry might just be the perfect green building technique.

Evolution is the basis of much of modern science and medicine. An understanding of evolution is important to understand life itself.