TOKYO -- Underfloor insulation could reduce adverse health effects such as high blood pressure from low temperatures near the floor, a survey presented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, ...

Robots are useful for “dirty, dangerous and dull” jobs, any roboticist will tell you. And that’s shown once again by the Q-Bot: a robot designed for the tiniest spaces of your home–the crawl spaces ...

Q: We read your Saturday-morning articles with much interest. My husband is building an addition to our home and was told by the city of Hayward building inspector that he installed the flooring ...

While it has long been common practice to insulate upper floors to reduce noise and to cut heat loss, only since 1990 have Building Regulations required that ground floors be insulated in order to ...

BarrierHL™ is a flexible, low-profile, 25 psi, under concrete insulator that is made with ¼-inch thick EPS foam in flexible 4- x 96-foot rolls. BarrierHL protects concrete from heat loss and moisture ...