Q: I have an older home with a crawl-space foundation. My problem is the floors sag in the living room to the point where it’s hard to keep a lamp steady on the end tables. My other problem is there ...

Q: We lived in our home for 22 years and recently noticed a hump in a floor between the kitchen and the living room. The home has a basement where we can see the floors, and I cannot see anything like ...

Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we discussed the first five of the 13 common types of beams that firefighters can ...

Our blogger overcomes the major challenge of making the junctions between the floor beams and walls airtight: here's how... I’m just back from an enjoyable bank holiday weekend in Machynlleth, ...

Q: We are looking to buy a home built in the early 1950s, and I’m concerned about the sagging floors in the extra-large living room. The sales agent said the home has character, whatever that means, ...

My house was built a few years ago, and when they installed the shower they cut a beam to accommodate the drain pipe. This cut beam caused the floor to flex, and eventually broke the drain pipe, ...

A fire Tuesday morning at a Bethlehem school appeared to start in a freezer motor and caused significant damage to the floor joists, according to a fire official. The fire started shortly before 2 a.m ...

Question: I have an older home with a crawlspace foundation. My problem is the floors sag in the living room to the point where it's hard to keep a lamp steady on the end tables. My other problem is ...

Q: I have an older home with a crawlspace foundation. My problem is the floors sag in the living room to the point where it's hard to keep a lamp steady on the end tables. My other problem is there is ...