When building a home, one should never assume that everything is going to be done the best possible way or to the highest level affordable. Some upgrades cost very little extra money but pay huge ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Q. Our new home is now 3 years old. Ever since move-in day, there have been annoying ticking noises in several interior walls of our home. Some of the noises start minutes after our furnace comes on.

DEAR TIM: My home is less than 2 months old and I already have a problem with my downspout drainage. Where the sidewalk comes up to my front porch a black corrugated plastic pipe extends through the ...

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