Old buildings are an embodiment of our history, designed with care and solidly built. They were made from natural materials – that was all that was available – and fashioned by skilled craftspeople ...

Woodworm can damage your home and furniture. Here’s how to identify wood-boring beetles and treat any infestations ...

Las Vegas — Materials maker Avient Corp. has developed a flame-retardant (FR) composite sandwich panel for modular ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat ...

An excerpt from the story ‘Flower of Evil’, by Satchidananda Routray, in ‘Maguni’s Bullock Cart and Other Classic Odia ...

Fencing is one of the most vulnerable elements on a property during high-wind events” - Anthony OstrowskiPONCHATOULA, LA, UN ...

Transverse wooden structures – either zatteroni (boards) or madieri (beams) – were placed on top ... they were working on the bottom of the dry canal, to avoid the wastewater sporadically ...

Before 2004 most decks were made of lumber pressure-treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) to fend off rot and insects ... enough time to dry out.) Just clean the surface with soapy water ...