With six different types of home foundations possible, cost estimates vary by design. Estimates are based on a 2,000-square foot house. Monolithic concrete slab foundations are better known as slab-on ...

Dear James: We plan to add a half-bathroom, but our house is built on a slab. Is it possible to still add a bathroom there, because there is no drain to the sewer in that spot? -- Charlotte G. Dear ...

ACI 302 has stated since 1980 that a limited placement size concept has not achieved any better shrinkage results, is more expensive, and adds time to the schedule. ACI uses CCS-1(10) "Concrete ...

When the Building Team began the $60.7 million renovation and modernization of the 1.4 million-sf Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, it was obvious where to start. Sections of the ...

Every Midwesterner knows the issue. You invest thousands of dollars in finishing that lower-level space only to realize your feet are cold whenever you spend time enjoying it. We really shouldn’t be ...

SARASOTA -- When you're buying a house, you look it over carefully. You search the roof, the walls, the floors, for flaws. But what about the bottom? If only you could see underneath the house to look ...

We live in the so-called "five sisters" neighborhood in the south end of Burlington. Nice area, but apparently prone to wet basements. I took your advice and changed the grade on the east and west ...

QUESTION -- My neighbour suggested I contact you with my question: Why would my basement have been constructed with concrete walls and the floor be wooden? My basement is not finished yet and we are ...

Charleston city officials appear on the cusp of banning "slab-on grade" construction, a building method that some view as egregious and which puts homes at greater flood risk. The fact that such a ...