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• Hardwood Floors

  Sizing Up Solid Wood for Furniture and Construction

  A few things to keep in mind when choosing solid wood over man-made.
• Foam Insulation

  Q & A: Is Foam Insulation a Health Hazard?

• Healthy Home

  A Model Healthy House - HHI Founding Project

  This article describes the design, construction and guiding philosophy of the first healthy house built by John Bower (founder of the original Healthy House Institute) in the early 1990s. Although times have changed and technology has advanced, Bower's founding principles - "eliminate, separate, ventilate" - pictured by the three green vertical bars of the current HHI logo, still apply.
• Moisture

  Moisture Control and Brick Veneer

  Adding an airspace is a construction technique that must be done "just so" to prevent rot.

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