Shifting soil can spell disaster for homes, but you can prevent damage before it starts by using this simple wall framing ...

Punkah' is a colonial-era anglicisation of the Hindustani term pankha, which referred to handheld fans. Punkah-pullers were ...

Punkah refers to a large, rope-pulled, swinging fan hung from the ceiling that became a staple for the British to withstand ...

It’s tools down for two houses at Bardia where the state’s building watchdog has issued stop-work orders in the burgeoning ...

Starting with a slab foundation, watch us frame a house with the help of an Amish crew for the 2nd floor and roof. We timelapse the build as much as possible, so there will be a few more of these ...

which can cost about $25,000 in a 2,000 square foot wooden frame house ($15,000 to rebuild the truss, $10,000 to destroy and repour the slab) and stall the rest of your improvements. An outdated ...

After the Eaton fire, the Pasadena Showcase House of Design offered solace and ... floors and a soft fabric skirt to balance the marble slab countertops and backsplash. “I love a statement ...

The group called out the state’s “short six-year statute of repose,” meaning the time frame to discover construction problems before filing a lawsuit. House Bill 1272 would boost the ...

Wealth adviser Jack Reynolds bought a ski house in Warren, Vt., in the 1980s. After divorcing and remarrying, Reynolds, 75, who lives primarily in Cambridge, Mass., tapped the late architect David ...

There’s also a full-slab granite island here, plus stainless steel appliances, an electric cooktop and storage galore. Here’s the main floor powder room. The walls are custom. The staircase ...

And the house's wooden frame has drawn no small amount of that attention at times. But to answer a reader's question, the house is not the oldest wood-frame house in the nation. "That seems ...

The Frame House: Picture frames may be the unsung heroes of home décor today, but historically, they were true works of art themselves. Frames have been around since ancient Egypt and Greece, though ...