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Prime:  prime Subtitle:  Stick-built homes that don’t use these techniques are missing an easy opportunity to save energy and cut construction costs Images:  Most new homes in North America are built with sticks. The early home builders used bigger pieces of wood — timbers — and when the smaller dimensional lumber that we use so…

Prime:  prime Subtitle:  Stick-built homes that don’t use these techniques are missing an easy opportunity to save energy and cut construction costs Images:  Most new homes in North America are built with sticks. The early home builders used bigger pieces of wood — timbers — and when the smaller dimensional lumber that we use so…