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  1. Windows, Siding and Doors
    Hello all, I am looking at a 3 family investment property in a historic district that requires replacement windows to be made of wood and not aluminum or vinyl. Have any of you worked with manufacturers that you can recommend that can do custom wood window matching at a reasonable price? This...
  2. Framing
    (Following is another section from my upcoming book on Green Framing. TKG) Building codes are a relatively new invention. The first widely-accepted building code in the U.S. was written in the early 1900s. Today’s building code, the International Building Code (IBC), has its roots in the...
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