You might think that everything is rainbows and unicorns at my house. After all, I’m a home improvement expert. What could go wrong? Answer: the exact same things that go wrong without warning at your home. Several nights ago, a disaster unfolded in my home in the middle of the night. It actually started hours…

By Hunter Boyce From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution When it rains, your basement can flood for a number of reasons. Gravity is the main culprit, of course, since your basement is the lowest living space in the house, but other factors are often at play. “The answer to ‘why does my basement flood when it rains’…

Buildings used to breathe. It was inevitable and somewhat helpful, but it can make it more expensive to heat and cool those spaces with common central heating and cooling systems. When the oil embargo of the 1970s came along, building practices shifted to focus on more hermetically sealed buildings as a means to save energy….