Q: I’m building a new home and visited the job site a few days ago. I was aghast at a possible defect in my foundation. Parts of the concrete foundation are suspended in midair. The walls are only ...

Jill Houston needed more space. She lives on her own in a tiny, frame bungalow set on a deep lot in the old part of Newmarket, not far from the top of Highway 404. She loves the location: It's less ...

Q: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses. Is it ...

I have recently discovered that due to previous termite activity (not recent) a supporting beam in the basement is rotted and a temporary floor to ceiling beam which was set up a few years ago to ...