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Wood construction up to 10 storeys? Canada Wood Council wants your ideas

In Ontario, you can’t legally build a woodframe structure over the height of four storeys. In BC, that has been increased from four to six storeys.

making moulding

How your moulding is made: VIDEO

See how they make moulding at Royal Woodworking, a moulding manufacturer in Bradford, Ontario.

One step

The product that keeps basement floor installations dry

A “Made in Canada” product you will want to install in your customer’s basement

Drywall

Real world options for streamlining drywall work

Boarding, mudding, taping, skimming… sweating, cursing, groaning. Whatever you call it, it’s tough work. Is there any way to make drywall installation less of a grind? Well, yes. Here are few ways to hang that stuff faster.

R value

Window R values. What’s the truth?

When you hear that a window is R20, can you believe it?

Build.com

Should contractors use Build.com to buy home improvement products online?

Can online buying compete yet with your local lumber and materials dealer?

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A Passive House in Quebec

Le Belvédère Special Events Center, Wakefield, QC, will, once certified, be the largest certified Passive House in North America.

Garaga Door facts

R Values: Often misleading, sometimes useless

R Value credibility takes another serious beating

Steve Maxwell

Maxwell’s classics

Tools editor Steve Maxwell is the Tip King where building is concerned

Lowes

Lowes appreciates you

And it wants to show it