Harsh winter elements like snow, ice and wind can wreak havoc on your home — if it's not properly prepared and maintained. Make home maintenance both indoors and out a priority this winter to ensure ...

Concrete is the foundation—literally —of modern construction, making it the most commonly used building material across the ...

The house, along with two other passive houses that were built on the same block, is designed to ... Architects] Tile floors sit on a 12-inch concrete foundation embedded in foam.

For the first time since the early 2000s, the AJ has brought back Working Details, featuring a round-up of details published ...

Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California Monday into Tuesday as the landscape remains dangerously starved of rain, and as firefighters ...

When you're installing new flooring, the subfloor is just as important as what goes over top. Make sure your project lasts ...

A century on, Art Deco continues to make a splash in London’s prime property scene, with the transformation of two landmark ...

Firstly, you’ll have to lay a foundation made of concrete by leveling the ground. Secondly, the base should be built of materials like concrete blocks ... is finished and insulated with a ...

For instance, new homes in California must have solar panels, automatic sprinkler systems, thicker walls with more insulation ... pouring foundations up and down the block and installing framing ...

It is a low-carbon alternative to traditional bricks and concrete blockwork, combining sugarcane by-product (bagasse) with sand-mineral binders to create blocks that have a carbon footprint six ...

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Harsh winter elements like snow, ice and wind can wreak havoc on your home – if it’s not properly prepared and maintained. Make home maintenance both indoors and out a priority this winter to ensure ...