Whats your favorite trade magazine

I get JLC, or did until I moved. Just realized I haven't got one in a while.

I cancelled my fine home building subscription probably 5 years ago.

Remodeling and builder magazine are my favorite.....they are both free..... JLC is pretty good......Fine Homebuilding has one decent article per issue, maybe.

Those mentioned and qualified remodeler, deck builder, replacement contractor

for our specialty, rural builder, frame building news and metal roofing

PoleBarnsNY said:

Those mentioned and qualified remodeler, deck builder, replacement contractor for our specialty, rural builder, frame building news and metal roofing

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Wow never knew. A magazine for metal roofers. Awesome information. Thanks all

All of these are free BTW

I remember when JLC was in a newspaper format chocked full of good info, and FH was article after article that you actually read all of and enjoyed.
Dropped my subscription to both.

ENR
JLC
Traditional Building
Constructor
Construction Today
Remodeling
Qualified Remodeler
Builder
Metal Construction News
Maxim
GQ
ESPN

I remember the day my Playboy and Fine Homebuilding arrived on the same day. I picked up the FH first and knew my life as I had known it was over.

Joe

Kowboy said:

I remember the day my Playboy and Fine Homebuilding arrived on the same day. I picked up the FH first and knew my life as I had known it was over.

Joe

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That's how you know you transition from young to old.

I have online subscriptions to fine homebuilding and fine woodworking. I use it from more of an archive standpoint. When I have say a deck coming up that I have questions on, I will go back and read archived articles to get ideas.

I'm going to be tapping into some of these free mags.

I dropped JLC and FHB a few years ago. The recession really cut a lot of pages. I'm on a free trial now of JLC its now got more content.

Here's an online mag/blog that I believe is fantastic. This is not a tree hugger's site but great articles everyday of the most up to date problems and solutions every builder and remodeler can use.

http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/

millhouse said:

I remember when JLC was in a newspaper format chocked full of good info, and FH was article after article that you actually read all of and enjoyed.
Dropped my subscription to both.

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I hear you loud and clear on that mindset. Every time I think of the reasons why I keep renewing my subscriptions to those magazines it comes down to one thing........it is a bad habit of mine. Being long time subscribers to both of the above (FHB ISSUE # 8 and JLC all the way back to when they were New England Builder ) I can honestly say this,BOTH are a mere shadow of the magazine they once were.



Getting a bunch of the free mags. listed by others, along with the two I pay for I 'M of the mindset there is not really and truly a really good trade magazine. If you track the ownership of most,it points to a big conglomerate,more interested in the almighty buck than in the dissemination of information.

mrcharles said:

Fine Homebuilding has one decent article per issue, maybe.

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More like per year;and that is a big maybe.They used to be lengthy,informative articles. They are more like "Cliff Notes" than the real book now.

It used to bother me that FHB transitioned to so much content about energy code and insulation. Now, I find it to be a good resource for those items. The articles on air sealing and insulation details helped a lot on trying to build my home as energy efficient and comfortable as possible and to comply with the new energy code for projects.

I decided instead of being resistant to it, just embrace it as another resource and take bits and pieces of information where I can get it. No once source has all the answers. And also, it's nice to have something to read on the can.