Atlas EnergyShield® XR is a high performance thermal insulation board comprised of a closed cell polyisocyanurate foam core ...

CertainTeed’s EnergyEdge slab edge forming and insulation system recently helped homeowners Kendon and Suzanne Regier establish an energy-efficient foundation for the innovative and sustainable new ...

SARASOTA -- When you're buying a house, you look it over carefully. You search the roof, the walls, the floors, for flaws. But what about the bottom? If only you could see underneath the house to look ...

When you next get the chance to go outside, I want you to find a hole in the ground that is an entrance to some critters den. Make certain the den occupants are not close by. Carefully place your ...

This story is part of a special Housing North series looking at the market in northeastern Ontario. Even with a dirt trench running down the hallway, and exposed wires and pipes hanging from the ...

Just $507.35 a year: That’s the projected total energy bill for The Edelweiss House, an ultra-efficient bungalow built by Ecohome near Edelweiss, Que. The four-bedroom, slab-on-grade home will ...

A slab-on-grade home offers more protection, Green said, though it still pays to have a plan to evacuate. If that's not possible, he said it's best to get to a first-floor interior room, like a closet ...

Charleston city officials appear on the cusp of banning "slab-on grade" construction, a building method that some view as egregious and which puts homes at greater flood risk. The fact that such a ...