Q: My daughter's house has an unusual layout. The single-car garage is on the same level as the basement and is attached to the basement, but is not under the house itself. It is off to the side, so ...

Question: I am having a house built that is partially on a slab, part above a crawl space. Is it necessary to install a vapor barrier under the concrete, and is this something I can do myself to save ...

Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Rosie Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing fires in their chimneys to getting rid of tree roots invading their ...

Full Circle Concrete Design, Fallbrook, Calif., recently put its skills to the test helping a homeowner in California rebuild after losing the house in a wildfire. The job started with stained ...

Australian Architects Peter Poulet and Michael Harvey contemplate concrete’s green side with The Concrete House, a free-flowing assembly of gravity-secured precast columns and slabs that the designers ...

As the construction industry moves toward greener solutions, the push for sustainable, energy-efficient buildings grows. Global energy consumption for buildings accounts for nearly 40% of total energy ...