Recently, my daughter purchased an old camp summer house on a lake. The house is about 80 years old and was built on crude cinder blocks that just rested on stony soil. Frost heave over the years has ...

Raising a house—also known as house lifting, house jacking or, as one of our most expert authors swears is a real phrase “popping a box”—is a complicated project. It requires separating a structure ...

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Dealing with the underlying cause of home doors that don’t open or close easily, cracks in the walls or ceiling, and noticeably sloping floors has helped a Fairfield-based general contractor expand ...

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When it comes to home repair and maintenance, there is stuff you can deal with—and stuff you can’t. Here are seven signs that your house might be totally, completely beyond salvaging. Most of the ...