In the wake of devastating wildfires across Southern California, the conversation around fire-resistant landscaping has intensified. While trees provide beauty, shade, and ecological benefits, experts ...

False ceilings are a common addition in areas where you want to hide exposed pipes or ducts, but they don't have to detract ...

Daniel Madrzykowski and Nathaniel Sauer provide the details of the Fire Safety Research Institute's testing that shed more light on the dangers posed when li-ion batteries ...

Many of them no longer use wood siding. Where it is still allowed, it needs to have a fire-resistant barrier underneath, often made of gypsum, the same material used to make drywall. Thus if the ...

Singer does what he can to harden his home and make it more fire-resistant, including working with neighbors to help maintain defensible space. "It kind of brings a community aspect to know that ...

The Jan. 22 fire began when a resident of an upper-level unit at Independence Ridge apartments was cooking, left and returned ...

When I bought my 1895 Queen Anne Victorian, I knew it had a basement apartment, but I hadn't seen it. With a little tweaking, ...