Adding insulation to suspended timber ground floors commonly found in homes built before the Second World War can reduce heat-loss by up to 92 percent, according to research from UCL and the ...

Q: My single-level, end-unit condominium, built in the early 1980s, is always cold, despite the fact that the outside walls are insulated and the windows are double glazed. I have a gas furnace in the ...

Q The upstairs floor joists in my Victorian house are very bouncy, and transmit vibrations across the room. What options do I have I for strengthening them? PM, by email A Assuming your Victorian ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

A bargain expert has explained how he saved £400 on insulating his loft by taking on the DIY project himself. Tom Church, co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, decided to take matters into his own hands ...