When you try to marry a century‑old house with a sleek modern HVAC system, you are really forcing two very different eras of building technology to coexist. The charm that drew you to thick plaster ...

Cracks in plaster walls are a common problem in many homes, especially older buildings or houses that have experienced settling, moisture changes, or structural movement. While some cracks are purely ...

Nights draw in, rooms feel smaller, and tiny wall scars start to shout. A wobbly socket can be the loudest. Across the UK, households face the same irritation: crumbling plasterboard around a socket ...

Structural cracks in walls are more serious than hairline or surface cracks. They often indicate deeper issues such as foundation movement, moisture damage, or poor construction. Fixing these cracks ...

I recently had a project where I needed to install exhaust fans in two bathrooms which required new wiring, mounting the fan in the ceiling, putting in a wall switch, and venting the fans out of an ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

After marveling over efforts to restore Smith Block Building, grandchildren of the man who built the downtown office space in 1905, Roscoe Smith, conclude an appreciated tour of the downtown Boise ...

IN reply to Mr. Thomas D. Cope's letter in NATURE of January 21, it may be stated that he is correct in supposing that the best explanation of the streaks on the plaster he refers to is that they are ...

FOR some time past I have been observing the streaks which occur upon lath-and-plaster walls. I have made a survey of the literature and find no adequate treatment of the phenomenon. For that reason I ...

VALLEJO, Calif. - A century-old, Victorian-style home went up in flames on Thursday night, displacing two residents on Thanksgiving, fire officials in Vallejo say. The Vallejo Fire Department ...