Building codes governing framed floors include an allowance for sagging, which sounds bad. But the allowable limit is 1/360 of the span, which isn’t much. Spread over a 45-foot-long joist — if you ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Q: Howdy, Tim. I really need your advice. I’m thinking of re-siding my house, and it’s time to bite the bullet about repairing a structural issue that’s been getting worse each year. The floor in my ...

Walk into almost any house built before 1990 and the odds are high that one repair keeps showing up first: structural ...