When the house architect Lorcan O’Herlihy originally built for his parents burnt down in a Malibu wildfire, he was given the opportunity to rebuild it as a structure that will stand the test of time.

Adding extruded polystyrene foam to the outside of existing walls is often done. In my experience, two inches of extruded ...

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But it did have a conventional roof (i.e., one with wood framing) that was no match for the flying hot embers generated by a strong wildfire. So this time, they settled on the idea of a "concrete ...

The Good Brigade / Getty Images Jumbo and conventional mortgages are two types of financing borrowers use to purchase homes. Both loans require homeowners to meet certain eligibility requirements ...

Conventional construction loans are a widely accessible option for building a new home. You can use these mortgages to fund construction on land you already own or include the cost of purchasing ...

SIPs are factory-made sandwiches of wood sheet material bonded to foam. A SIPs home has no conventional framing, but goes up like a house of cards, one panel at a time. I’ve used SIPs in three ...