Question: I’m about to do a significant amount of remodeling and was about to order a dumpster. A friend at work suggested I sell lots of my used building materials instead of putting them in the ...

Ready to turn some "trash" into treasure? Before finding salvage materials for your project, check your local builders' association and your state or provincial environmental agency for information on ...

It took Brian Koehl about a year to buy the materials to build a backyard greenhouse. Koehl, a master gardener from Waller, Texas, bought secondhand windows and doors to construct the building that ...

Frugal, environmentally conscious consumers are discovering a fourth "R" — reduce, reuse, recycle and rebuild. With most of the nation's housing stock now 30 years or older, legions of homeowners are ...