MEDINA, Ohio — This is not your grandmother’s house, but it’s built the way your great-grandfather might have done it. A home that Medina builder Hal Meyer is putting up in Medina County’s Montville ...

In the sustainable home building industry, many prospective homeowners want to make environmentally friendly choices, but struggle to make sense of a building industry that labels every house framing ...

Optimum value engineering is a building method designed to reduce the amount of lumber needed to build a new house or other structure. While optimum value engineering can save money on some aspects of ...

Q: I am thinking of finishing off my attic and I am curious if interior remodels can overstress a house frame. I assume it would be lighter to use paneling, but what about drywall? How much do those 4 ...

Less is more when it comes to a tiny home's weight, but when it comes to floorspace, more is more appealing. To balance these concerns, Vancouver's Mint Tiny Homes used a metal frame instead of the ...