Diligent Home Inspections - Information and resources for homeowners and potential buyers dealing with home inspections.Code Check - Online version of the popular field guide to the most common code violations for residential construction.
American Hardwood Species Guide - Independent information source on North American hardwoods.
Building at the Ledge - Building a dream home, a journal by the owner. Discusses passive solar design, alternative methods, design decisions, emotional turmoil.
Building a Custom Home - One family's monthly diary on the construction of their home, complete with tips and ideas.
A Homeowners Guide to Renovations and Additions - Guide to planning, financing and completing a remodeling project.
Dear Builder - A e-magazine providing readers with home building, maintenance, and improvement information.
Adobe by the Rio Grande - Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson.
dotCOM dreamHOME - Web-driven home-building project. This experiment in Internet-enabled, residential construction will explore the growing toolbox of Internet-based options for homebuilders and consumers.
How Stuff Works: Home Building - Informative 7-part narrative, with figures and pictures, shows you how a house is built.
BuilderSelect - Resource for finding a builder, financing, planning and designing a new home.
Home Contracting by Andy - A free website with tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home.
Vinyl Siding Installation & Information on Vinyl Siding - Information on the installation, tips, maintenace, manufactures and tacky installation of vinyl siding.
The Wall-Rue Driveway Retaining Wall Construction Project - Documents the construction of a 200 ft. long driveway retaining wall.
Essortment.com: Plan a Hot Tub Enclosure - Article discusses planning and building.
Yestermorrow Design Build School - Describes their hands-on home design and building classes for owner/builders, architecture courses for student credit. Located in Vermont. Photographs of projects in progress, list of links to information for owner/builders.
Essortment.com: Home Building Tips - Article discussing tips on building a new home.
