Built in the 1840s from barge board, Maria Lana’s Bywater cottage is a perfect example of New Orleans vernacular architecture. It also was less than comfortable during cold snaps. “It just never felt ...

Sprayman, a leading provider of spray foam insulation and sealant solutions, has introduced a comprehensive Compliance ...

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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 ...

It’s easy to insulate your walls with fiberglass insulation (at least when they’re open!), but the job still requires attention to detail to get the maximum benefit. Every gap and compressed batt ...

UK householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use Jim Bunce thought he was doing the right thing for his ...

Home improvement expert April Wilkerson provides a comprehensive guide to applying expand-to-fit insulation to maintain a ...

Spray foam insulation – also called spray foam or spray polyurethane foam (SPF) – is an alternative to traditional building insulation. However, it comes with a number of drawbacks including high cost ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...