Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

What makes your average builder recoil from a word like “innovation” can make that same builder do backflips when he or she strikes upon a solution. It might easily be that that builder is looking at ...

Q. I live in a ranch-style home that was built in the late 1960s. Recently, I have been approached by two different contractors touting the energy savings benefits of making my attic space unvented by ...

Q How can I apply spray foam along the edges of my basement wall where the floor frame meets exterior walls? On two walls the ...

Expert DIYer April Wilkerson insulates a new shop using spray foam techniques to improve energy efficiency and comfort.

When it comes to finishing or updating an unfinished basement, one of the most important ways to make the space functional is basement insulation. Basement foundation walls are naturally prone to ...

I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...

We live in a small detached house. When we bought it many years ago, we had spray foam loft insulation installed. We were told at the time that it came with a guarantee, that ventilation was not ...