Richard Burbidge is encouraging landscapers and trade professionals to define their deck or patio designs with balustrade to gain value, practical and aesthetic benefits.

Coolmation, distributor for Rhoss SPA, launches a new series of Eurovent-certified R134A chillers offering outstanding energy efficiency in industrial and process cooling applications.

Wernick Buildings are supplying a new Media Centre at Swalec Stadium in Cardiff for broadcasters during England's first Ashes test cricket.

Concrete frame contractor Byrne Brothers is using SGB's Safescreen, the edge-protection and screen system, to ensure safety and rapid progress on the Nido Spitalfields development in central London.

Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc designed The Dolls House for the Superstudio Piu at Milan Design Week incorporating Qbiss by trimo using Corus Colorcoat Prisma.

Retiring in Sequim or Port Angeles? Many retirees have not found that perfect floor plan in the existing inventory of homes for sale, so they are considering having their own home built. What next?A homeowner can build their own home

When homes don't sell quickly like they did in 2005, many salespeople in the real estate industry resort to gimmicks. Some homeowners have picked up on these gimmicks thinking that they must work. Gimmicks don't sell homes, but real estate

Sequim is well known as a retirement haven, and here's the good news-it really is an incredible place to retire and to live. I raised my own family here, and I can tell you there's no place I would rather

I recently negotiated a transaction that presents some valuable lessons to buyers and sellers who are negotiating to buy or sell a home in Sequim or Port Angeles. I represented the buyer as a buyer's agent. The lessons I have

Sequim FSBO's or expired listings, if you are selling a Sequim home or a Port Angeles home, you will want to know what is NOT working. Most people know print newspapers have not been working well, but there is much

Owning a home has long been viewed as the cornerstone of the American Dream, the foundation for a happy family life and long-term financial security. Now, a new research paper challenges that conventional wisdom. Wharton's Grace Wong Bucchianeri, a professor

Tulikivi masonry heaters are extremely popular in timber frame homes. Translated from Finnish, "Tulikivi" literally means "fire stone". Every Tulikivi fireplace is manufactured with high quality soapstone quarried in Finland. Soapstone is unique in the world of masonry due to

Our clients, Charlie and Tracie, have owned a beautiful piece of property in Windsor, Vermont for the past fifteen years and are planning to build a timber frame home there in 2010. An existing cabin on the property will be

The Design Development Phase continues for our clients putting a onto their existing post and beam home in southern New Hampshire (timber frame addition and remodelled areas in brown).Changes to the preliminary kitchen design included: (see preliminary design left, revised

Trends in timber frame design are following the general trends in home design, moving away from specific rooms and space to materials and energy efficiency. This is good news, as we strive to become more energy conscious.Here are some of