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Formwork and Shoring

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    Salvaging a Hero’s Home

    An historic farmhouse was documented, dismantled and stored with an eye towards reconstruction in late 2020.

    2 MIN READ
    The author’s company, Building Heritage, was tasked with documenting, carefully dismantling, and storing the historic farmhouse for a later restoration on a new site. The restored General Stannard House is to serve as a key location on the newly-formed “Vermont in the Civil War Heritage Trail”. Here, author Eliot Lothrop (right) talks with project volunteer, Alex Fenton, (left) on site. Dan Lee of Building Heritage begins removing the home’s wide board sheathing from a personnel lift.
  • How To

    Cripple-Wall Failure

    4 MIN READ
    “V Rustic” lap siding is rotted.
  • Tools

    An Incredible Catalan Vault

    1 MIN READ
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  • Tools

    PLS 480 Layout Laser

    4 MIN READ
    Pacific Laser Systems PLS 480 layout laser
  • Toolbox

    Two Cutting-Edge Cordless Circular Saws From Makita and Milwaukee

  • On the Job

    Low-Impact Rock Busting

    5 MIN READ
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  • How To

    Cost-Saving Insulated Foundations

    8 MIN READ
  • Toolbox

    Bullet Centerfire Foam-Cutting Saw Blades

    2 MIN READ
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  • JLC Classic

    A New Foundation for an Old House

    11 MIN READ
  • How To

    Heavy Lift

    15 MIN READ
  • Projects

    A New York City Passive House: First, Get Out the Shovels

    7 MIN READ
    Engineer Kathleen Dunne’s prescription for supporting a shared rubblestone foundation wall called for a stepped reinforced buttress, sloped at the bottom to leave existing bearing soil undisturbed, and braced at the toe by the new basement slab at the lowered floor level.
  • House-lifting – and dropping – Puts Spotlight on Home Elevation Contractors

    2 MIN READ
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  • How To

    Tornado-Struck Oklahoma Couple Rebuilds With Concrete

    1 MIN READ
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  • How To

    To Elevate – or What? Staten Island Homeowners Ponder their Options

    1 MIN READ
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    Why Do We Say Joists and Rafters?

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    Introducing Attainable Zero: A JLC Case-Study Home

    6 MIN READ
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