Your home is your own private sanctuary, a place of cozy warmth, enticing aromas, and calming interior design. Your garage, however, garners comparisons to an old-fashioned outhouse, as its cold, dark ...

A house without enough insulation is like a kid without a coat—bound to get cold. So if you’re sick of drafts and high heating bills, it might be time to help your home “bundle up” by learning how to ...

Q. The room over the garage is cold in the winter and hot in the summer. The attic insulation was checked and OK by an insulation company. The roof was replaced last summer, installing ridge vents and ...

Anyone who visits their attic might realize just how poorly that space is insulated. What should be done, if that's the case, to insulate the house properly? Jamie Wine, executive director of the ...

Dear Jim: I use the attic floor for storage. When I recently went up there, I noticed there is no insulation or weatherstripping on the cover to the attic. Will I save enough energy to make it ...

Is the water running from your kitchen faucet hot enough to boil an egg, or just to wilt the lettuce for your Caesar salad? Are you risking heatstroke when you visit that Death Valley location you ...