Books

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This holiday season, consider a gift for the next generation of high-performance builders.

A Masterful Guide to Building Better

One Building-Science Book to Lead Them All

An Armchair Engineer’s Reading List

The Book of Trades

Building Well in the 21st Century: A Review of Pretty Good House

Are Building Codes Keeping Us From a Greener Built Environment?

A Construction Pro's Path to Financial Independence

A Furious Sky: Hurricanes in America

Book Review: ‘Pretty Good House’

Review: Shop Class as Soulcraft

An Essential Education

Your Remodeling Business May Live or Die on the Internet

A Clearer Understanding of American Trimwork

‘The Poetics of Space’

Notes on Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Capitol

‘Handy Formulas for Stick Framing Roofs’

Review: ‘The Remodeling Life’

Review: ‘Nail Your Numbers: A Path to Skilled Construction Estimating and Bidding’

Gift Guide: Gadgets and Books

Buildings Don't Lie

The Elements of Building: A Review

What Are You Doing With Your Life?

A Roof Cutter’s Secrets Goes Digital

A Roof Cutter’s Secrets

Saw Blades 101

Four Biggest Roof-Flashing Errors

Air-Cleaning Roof Tiles Made Easier

Cannon Balls in the Ballast

Hail-Resistant Tile

High-Performance Shingles

Why Roofers Should Care About Online RRP Training

You Want It Done When?! Here’s How to Respond

Homeowners Seeking ‘Last Roof’ Drive Metal Sales

Features vs. Benefits in Construction Marketing

Contractors, Will Your Use of Subs Land You in Jail?

Installing Soffit Venting

Demand for Wood Plastic Composites to Hit $6.5 Billion in 2018

6 Steps for Responding to Negative Online Comments

The Professional’s Guide to Networking

6 Avoidable Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

The Five Secrets of Great Bosses

How to Be a Nice Hard-Ass

Millennial-Driven Housing Boom Coming

The State of the Window Market

Flashing a Curved Window

Carbide-tip recip blades

How liens can affect your small business

10 Marketing Tricks From The Pros

Designing Porch Roofs

Why Our Brains Crave Storytelling in Marketing

The Secret to Sales Rep Motivation

Tough Customers: Zero in on Gen Y

Consider This Before Working With a Business Coach

Build a Better Company by Building a Better Company Culture

Is Your Company the Real Deal When It Comes to Customer Service?

Why You Need More of the Right Kind of Failures

10 Fastest-Growing State Economies

Remodeling 550 Deadline Extended

Roofing Best Practices

Plywood vs. OSB

How to add curb appeal

Rooftop color trends for 2014

Hands-on with harnesses

Werner Fall Protection Harnesses

10 Ways Contractors Should Be Using Twitter but Aren’t

Reap the Benefits of a Structured Sales System

EPA Lead Paint Rules With Tanya Motley, Part 1

Enter the Remodeling 550—It’s Time!

What You Can Learn From Lowe’s $6.5 Million Job-Classification Payout

Roof Venting in a Wet Climate

How to Deal With a Low Performer

How to Spot a Fake Online Review

Is Average Customer Service Good Enough?

4 Things Successful Businesses Do

Making the transition from field to office

These are not your father’s solar panels

OSHA Focuses on Whistleblowers

How to hire and keep the right people

Storm Protection

New 18V Caulking Gun

Reaching out, giving back

U.S. Small-Business Confidence at Pre-Recession High

Dealing With Online Reviews: ‘You Can’t Take This Personally’

5 Ways to Get People to Remember You And Your Company

3 Ways to Cut Costs for Your Small Business

Remodeling’s Big50 Class of 2014 Revealed

Starved For Praise: Why It Pays To Show The Love

It’s Time to Enter the Remodeling 550

Which Window Area Ratio Is Better?

Using Twitter Search to Generate Leads

3 Steps to Turning an Angry Customer into a Raging Fan

Asphalt Shingle Installation Guide

Hail Storm Brings Deluge of Roof Repairers

An exceptionally well organized pickup

Working with flexible flashing

Compact recip saw

Report Calls for Stiffer Penalties for Unsafe Worksites

DeWalt DWE357 Recip Saw

EPA’s RRP Chief Touts Lead-Paint Rule’s Success

EPA Wants You Involved in Whether to Expand RRP Commercially

Knipex Cobra Quick Set Pliers

Veto Pro Pac Cargo Totes

There’s an Art to Telling Your Brand’s Story

Why You Need to Beef Up Your Social Media Presence

Stupidity Is a Sales Virtue

Everything You Need to Know About Naming Your Company

Why You Need to Beef Up Your Social Media Presence

A Project Form to Help Ensure Clients Pay on Time

Is the Family Business a Recipe for Disaster?

Want to Grow Your Businesses? Invest Here

What the Happiest People Know About Work

Angie’s List Halves Net Loss in 1Q to $3.8M

It’s Time: Enter the Remodeling 550

Resist the Rut: Change is Key to Steady Growth

Proud to Work

A Good Window Is Still a Poor Wall

Smooth Window Replacement

Great Views? Pull the Shades

Window Upgrades

Tough Exterior Products

EPA Fines 4 New England Firms for Lead-Paint Violations

Remodeling Growth to Taper a Bit by Year End, JCHS Forecasts

Substituting Synthetic Roof Underlayments for Housewrap

Ryobi P320 Cordless Brad Nailer

6 Secrets to Sell More in Less Time

Why the Color of Your Logo Matters

7 Steps for Creating a Lead-Generating Website

The Problem With Being Too Nice

Get a Grip on New Safety Efforts

Tablet Cases for Contractors on the Go

Expanding Your Cash Flow as You Grow Your Business

Enter the Remodeling 550 Now

Operable roofs

Don’t just grow for growth’s sake

Avoiding credit card security risks

Fighting the Feds over fall-protection

Detailing rooftop decks

Fall protection for tools

Ladder-hung tool holder

Use This Checklist When Changing Your Logo

Porch Stair Makeover

Dealing With Online Reviews: ‘You Can’t Take This Personally’

A Better Way to Fold a Tarp or a Drop Cloth

Keep Decks Looking New With Deck Maintenance Programs

Why I Redesigned My Website

Turning Prospects Into Customers

5 Stupid Mistakes that Will Kill Your Sales Email

7 Habits of Likeable Bosses

Do the Math: The Breakeven Formula

Why Executing ‘Good Enough’ Beats Waiting Until Perfection

Don’t Miss This Opportunity When Replacing Windows

Vermont Windows

Flashing with Tescon

Zippy the Cordless Circ Saw

Ensuring a leak-free installation

An ongoing debate about nail gun safety

Replacing 18th-century windows in an historic stone house

Marvin’s interior shade system has it made

Smart gadget disables phones while driving

One contractor’s online review mess

EPA Issues $274,000 in Fines for Lead Paint Dust

Straight answers about energy-efficient windows

Installing full-frame replacement windows

Floppy house

Interior storms for your cave

Window Replacement: A Project That Pays Back

Readers Choice: Milgard Windows and Doors

Time for a new-year business checkup

Seasonal layoffs: the how, when, and what-not-to-do list

25 Most Popular Articles of 2013

Now Accepting Nominations for the 2014 Fred Case Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Stanley TLM330 Distance Measurer

Knipex Cobra Quick Set Water Pump Pliers

DeWalt Brings Some Power Tool Production Back to the U.S

Milwaukee Demo Driver

Dalluge Hammer

How to Fix Photos with Free Software

Keeping Promises Is What Makes Us Worthy of Trust

Make Gratitude Part of Your Company Culture

3 Financial Myths That Compromise a Contractor’s Long Term Success

Thingamejig Scribing Tool – Tools of the Trade

2014 Ram ProMaster Van

Hydro-Flo Permeable Paver, Pacific Interlock Pavingstone

Make a Quick Jobsite Clamp for Small Pieces

Americans Are Confused About What They Want Out of a Community

Is Energy Efficiency More Important Than Indoor Air Quality?

Inside the 2014 New American Home

How a 10-Foot Fall Changed One Family’s Life

4 Red Flags for Toxic Building Products

Channellock E-Series Long-Nose Pliers

9 Reasons Why You Must Update Your LinkedIn Profile Today

Work Smarter, Starting With These Tips

Don’t Get Hacked! Cybersecurity Threats to Start-Ups

The 4 Silent Killers of Your Business

Greenbuild Wraps Up With Calls to Action

What’s New With Deck Railings

That’s Fast! Watch an Entire Kitchen Remodel in 3.5 Minutes

Panasonic EY45A1LS1G Cordless Recip Saw

What Is Your Most Critical Asset?

Why Contractors Need Facebook

Mentally Strong People: The 13 Things They Avoid

20 Team Building Mistakes to Avoid With Your Team

Tornado-Struck Oklahoma Couple Rebuilds With Concrete

Snore Rooms Allow Couples to Sleep in Peace

Björnkläder Work Pants

How Often Should You Update Your Blog?

Expand Your YouTube Following Through Twitter and Facebook

For Some, Paying Sales Commissions No Longer Makes Sense

Hillary Clinton Delivers Greenbuild 2013 Keynote Address

Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Yelp Reviews

Greenbuild Showcases Cool Products and Debris Reuse

Personal Branding With Will Ferrell

Coming Soon: Energy Labels with Comparable Data

What Mattered Most at Greenbuild: A 2-Minute Recap

Restoration Revives a Historic Italianate Home

Hardwood Floors Over I-Joists

EPA Proposes New Guidelines for Greener Federal Purchases

4 New ‘Everyman’ Shop Machines From JET

Is Your Sales Process Making Left-Hand Turns or Right-Hand Turns?

Summits and Sessions Kick Off Greenbuild 2013

Watch Hillary Clinton’s Keynote at Greenbuild 2013

Sealing a Garage Floor

2015 Chevrolet Colorado Pickup

Current State of the RRP Rule–an EPA Performance Report Card

A Shingle-Style Remodel

Best of the Best: A Green Project Guide

Metabo Flat Head Angle Grinders

Simplify Your Social Media Campaigns With These Tech Tools

20 Ways to Communicate Effectively in the Workplace

Don’t Assume Spray Foam Stops EVERY Air Leak

A Look at Ladder Safety

50 Great Green Products

Sales Motivation and the Holidays

10 Questions to Ask When Measuring Your Social Media ROI

Who’s Helping You Grow Your Business and Make More Money?

What Makes a Leader?

Get All the Stats at Greenbuild

One Minisplit or Two?

What’s the Best Pipe for Gas Lines?

Top 10 Building and Design Slideshows

Hollow vs. Insulated Vinyl: Which Should You Use?

Facebook Helps One Man Build a French Fry Empire

Leverage Your Professional Wisdom to Increase Leads Online

American Standard Invisia Grab Bars

Get Your Networking on at Greenbuild

Underlayment for Resilient Flooring

How to Match Countertops and Backsplashes Perfectly

The Ultimate Moment of Truth and The Art of Digital Engagement

How to Find Keywords Right for Your Site

Get Ready: Complying With the RRP Rule Will Get Much More Expensive

You’ve Got Drive. You Have Skills. But Can You Learn to Lead?

This Cool Slideshow Shows the New American Home Being Framed

Talking a Big Game About Energy Efficiency

Is It Possible To Design Buildings That Can Withstand 250 MPH Winds?

Starrett Exact Plus Tape Measures

Great Salespeople Understand What Service is All About

Essential Business Apps for Mobile Entrepreneurs

Get Green at GreenBuild

Leak-Proof Eyebrows

Warm Up to Wood for an Eye-Catching Wall

Builders’ Poll Reveals Products and Materials They Can’t Live Without

No Regrets: The Resources You Need to Redesign Your Website Right

5 Ways to Warm Up an Older House

10 Most Popular Floor Plan Packages

7 Marketing Truths Every Business Leader Should Know

Make Your Own Job-Site Safety Plate

Why Your Business Needs a Responsive Website Before 2014

7 Ugly Truths a Pretty Website Can’t Hide

How to Dramatically Increase Pageviews on Your Website

7 Home Improvement Apps To Help Your Inner Handyman

The 10 Most ‘Likeable’ Business Leaders on Twitter

Monitoring Moisture Levels in Double-Stud Walls

Business Blogging: Why Businesses Do It, and You Should Too

7 Ways to Master the Art of Customer Follow Up

Safety Goes Beautiful in the Bath

ASNI Approves Two New Standards for Wood Doors

Autodesk BIM 360 Field

What Has Changed in Sales? The Sales Manager

Decorate Your Holiday Marketing Strategy

7 Traits Of Highly Influential Leaders

10 Examples of Brilliant Email Marketing

One Big Happy Expansion for Michigan Grandparents

Pick Up Your Ladder at the Perfect Spot Every Time

Small-Business Marketing With Vine and Instagram Video

5 Easy Steps to Understanding WUFI

7 Eco-friendly Countertops

This Is What’s Wrong With Your Content

Forget Responsive, Your Website Better Be This!

Stylish New Kitchen, Shoestring Budget

Green Grows Up: The Many Faces of Today’s LEED Homes

What Hurricane Sandy Destroyed, a Man Rebuilds by Hand

How to Hang Airtight Drywall

How Good Is Your Company’s Facebook Page?

Can You Build a Business Today Without Social?

Former Idaho Hotel Owner Fined $21K by EPA Over Asbestos

Space-Efficient Renovation in New York

On Social Media, You Have More to Say Than You Think

5 Ways to Close the Sale With Indecisive Customers

5 Signs Your Leadership Style Is Outdated

Fresh Air Shouldn’t Only Be Outdoors

5 Common Bathroom Design Mistakes to Avoid

How to Pour a Concrete Floor

What Are Psychographics?

Are You Worrying About the Right Things on Your Website?

5 Tips for Businesses Navigating Obamacare

2014 Color Trends Leave No Tone Unturned

Can Your Staff Answer Yes to These 6 Questions?

The Leads Are Out There, Just Shift Your Sales Perspective to Get Them

Tablet Computers Are Becoming an Essential In-Home Sales Tool

Drop the Discounts: Freebies Drive Up Value of Services

Build an Organization Manual and Increase Profits

Letter 2: Lead-Paint Rule Is Proof of Federal Micromanagement

Review Response

Waterlogged: Flood Insurance Relief Short-Lived

Class Act: How Interactive Whiteboards Could Help Your Remodeling Business

A Quick Guide to Online Review Sites

A Word to the Wise: Remodelers Share the Best Advice They Ever Got

The Write Stuff: Your Web Copy Should Show and Tell

Be at the Center of Creating Solutions

Reading a Book Together Gets Everyone on the Same Page

Find a New Path for Your Business

Click To Sell

World of Difference: Tips for Marketing to Diverse Cultures

Getting Mobile: Optimize Your Site for Mobile Devices

Sales Alchemy Revisited: Clarifying a Remodeler’s Role as Construction Manager

MICHAEL ANSCHEL: Dust in the Wind

Mind the Gap: In-House English Lessons Help Employees Communicate

Train to Gain: Investing in Training Leads to Increased Profitability

Emotional Pull: Creating Compelling Website Copy

Comparing Cloud-Based Apps: CompuTool and BuildTools.com

Well-Read: Staying Put: Remodel Your House to Get the Home You Want

Set Sales Appointments That Stick

First Contact: Tips for Making a Positive First Impression With Your Voice Mail Greeting

Campaign Season: How to Build a Marketing Campaign

Crack the Code: Using QR Codes to Drive Traffic to Your Website

Courage: Is It in Your Toolbox?

Permit-Free Fun with Bizarre Building Codes & Zoning Laws

Apple of My i: Advantages of Using the iPad in Client Presentations

Consumer Confidence Remains Fragile

Does Energy Efficiency Drive Home Builders out of Business?

Americans Perceive Quality Jobs as Harder to Get in June

Pitch Your Products From A Screen

Harnessing the Power of Geothermal Energy

Light Bulb Saving Time

Young Affluents Ditch Traditional Media

Point, Click, Green: Regreen’s Interactive Web Tool

Battle Hymn of the Small-Business Tiger Mother

What’s So Great About Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater?

Read All About It: Book Giveaway Helps Draw in Interested Homeowners

Not So Big House Movement Fueled by Challenging Economy

Made You Look: Remodeling Magazine Redesign

Pulling the Trigger: Using an Open-Book Strategy With Clients to Help Get the Job

Booking Sales: Using a Presentation Book to Inform Clients About Your Company

Great Managers Hire Great Managers

Moen Arbor Collection

California Faucets Bella Terra Bronze Finish

American Standard Portsmouth Bathroom Collection

Danze Reef Collection Bath Faucets

Kobe CH-101 and RA-02 Professional Range Hoods

Faber Cylindar Isola Island Hood

Broan Evolution Series Range Hoods

Vent-A-Hood M Series Liner

By the Book: Creating a Procedures Manual for Lead Carpenters

High Impact: You, the Manager, Can Make Your Employees’ Work Lives Fulfilling

Little Games, Big Solutions: Using Mini-Games to Help Solve Management Problems

Heath Ceramics Dual-Glazed Tile Collection

Tough Times, Flexible Tactics: Tips for Selling in a Down Economy

Video Library: Using Videos to Train New Employees

Great Game Practitioners

Dacor 36-inch Freestanding French Door Refrigerator

Beam Q PowerTeam Central Vac With EasyReach Hose

Smeg 48-inch Opera Range

Getting to Know You: Finding Your Ideal Client

Fairmont Designs Shaker Collection

Danze Orrington Collection Vanities

Dynasty by Omega Beaded Inset Doors

Timberlake Cabinetry Maple Auburn Glaze and Painted Maple Linen Finishes

Warm Start in Georgia as Leads Pick Up

ThinkGlass LED Countertops

J. Aaron Wood Countertops

Cosentino Eco by Cosentino Surfacing

Quikrete 18-Hour Countertop Mix

Ask the Expert: Effective Client Follow-up

Getting Your Employees to Stay When the Economy Recovers

Broan Elite E60000 and E64000 Series Range Hoods

How to Make a Referral Book

Books: Traditional Style and Sustainable Homes

Franke Farm House Faucets

Watermark Designs Classic Contemporary Collection

Cleveland Faucet Group Capstone Family

Not Buying It

Expert Q&A: In QuickBooks, Tips for More Accurate Job-Costing

Taking Contact Management to Another Level

Haier America Encore Laundry Line

Maytag Bravos Laundry Pair

Broan Elite Trash Compactors

Fagor America Induction Cooktops

Paint: The Finishing Touch

How to Influence Positive Change

Big-Box Installed Services, Part I

Changing Employee Behavior

Remodeling Owner’s Manual

Building Green Via Collaboration: New Book Explores Many “Truths”

Best Seller

Latest Book in Not So Big House Series Focuses on Remodeling

Green-Themed Gift Bag for Clients Is Part of This Remodeler’s Completion Process

Get Your Team Members Networking to Gather Leads

Managing Risk in a Tough Business Climate

For Homeowenrs, Quality Is Credentialed Installers

Big50 CloseUp: Steven Feigeles and W. Scott Cooper

How to Deal With the Current Economic Crisis

Residential Design Book About Accessibility

Sobering Realities Take Hold Along the Florida Gulf Coast

Clarifying Aspects of the 2008ñ09 Cost vs. Value Data

In a Down Market, Think Positive

Handling Disgruntled Clients

Opening the Books, Fortifying the Bottom Line

Define and Sell

Sales Lessons

Green Reading List

Getting Serious About Marketing

Commentary: Are Your Homes SUVs or Hybrids?

Risky Bidness

Communicating effectively in your business

Stocking inventory can save you time and money

Schools, Curriculum Go Green

Do the Research

Keeping Good Client Records

What to Look For in an Office Manager

Game Plan

Extra, Extra

Open-Book Management Increases Profits, Makes Employees Accountable

Conditioning for Improvement

Sarah Susanka Philosophy on How to Live

Second Look: Paul and Nina Winans

Running a remodeling business is a discipline

Home Improvement Financing

Plastic monkeys represent problems

Higher-Tech Permitting

Spec Book: Cabinetry

Kitchen spots multiple wood tones

Charles Mertz

Methods for displaying cookbooks

Hiring strategies

Countering fears about remodeling market

Hold the right kind of meetings

Errors may distort housing slump

Rev Up for the New Model Year

Local Forecast: Thinking Positive

Letters

Code Talkers

Climb in the Blue Box

Using Effective Communication Techniques

Installing an Over-the-Post Handrail – Part II

Find a growth engine in open book management

Reading List, April 2006

Q+A: Solution

Legal: Idiot-Proof Your Contracts

Installing an Over-the-Post Handrail – Part One

Replacing a Bearing Wall With a Flush Beam

Profile: Annette and John Greco

Quick Layout for Stair Rails and Balusters

Settling Construction Disputes with Mediation

Before + After: Suite Heart

Borrowing a Page from the Realtors’ Marketing Book

And You Can Quote Me

Tool Test: Trim Routers

Carpentry With Heart

When the owner wants to supply materials

On Message

Remodeler reading list

Gauging customer satisfaction

Three Strikes

Profit Per

Change Order Cha-Ching

Look within for answers to business issues

Adding Timber Rafter Tails To a Stick-Framed Roof

Drywall Art

Managing for productivity

Habla Espanol?

Watch your netiquette

Tips for green remodeling

Letters

Recommended reading

Reading up on business management

Fast Closets With Melamine

Measuring how you’re doing

Shutters with a purpose

Disorder gets physician’s attention

Recommended remodeler reading

Keeping an eye on building codes

Book covers tax deductions

Boosting morale key to worker retention

WIP Your Company Into Shape

In Focus: Trucks & Truck Accessories

Company Culture Should Create Success for Everyone

Appointments: Confirm And Re-confirm

Reading List: The Not So Big House; Running a Successful Construction Company

The Best-Laid Plans Are Worthless Unless You Follow Through and Execute Them

Resources: Plain-Language Shear Wall Guide

Reading List: September 2004

Dressing Up Beaded Wainscot

Field Guide to Residential Construction

Even Small Business Owners Need Vacation

What Are You Reading?

By the Book 3

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team; Full Steam Ahead!

Mastering the Crucial Handoff to Production

Reading List: July 2004

Profile: Geno Benvenuti

Desinging Exterior Columns

Characteristics of Good Meetings

Pay Yourself What You’re Worth

HR for the Field

Accidents Happen

Sexual Harassment Liability Extends to Subs

Using Cost Books for Estimating

Recommended books dealing with business

One question to your client answers all

Finding connectors and creating epidemics

Staying true to your New Year’s Resolutions

Tips for talking to local yellow page reps

Great companies have common ingredients

Legal: What If the Owner Wants to Hire a Sub?

Q&A: Detecting Live Romex

Q+A: Get Ready

Resources: Building Energy-Smart Homes

Finding a Siding Sub

Legal: Death of a Contractor

Training Tactics

Reading List

Continuing learning and education

Running Crown Molding on Sloped Ceilings

Charge Customers What Work is Worth

Avoiding an Audit

Design and Build Your Company

Late Tax Payments

Basement library addition for the overflow of books

Essentials of Design

English/Spanish For Painters & Contractors

Reference and master idea book for homeowners and design specialists

Using smaller presentation binders/direct mailings to attract smaller-scaled clients

Resources: The Inner House

Start a Retirement Plan

Truck Accessories

Legal Adviser: Is Speaking English a Valid Job Requirement?

Resources: A Swiss Army Knife of a Book

Q&A: Construction Performance Guidelines

Designing With Engineered Wood