Homeowners often ask if a vapor barrier is necessary for optimizing attic insulation and protecting their homes from moisture-related damage. The answer, however, isn’t one-size-fits-all. Factors like ...

Attic fires in single- or multiple-family dwellings of typical combustible construction are usually spectacular events, with copious amounts of smoke and/or fire showing. Whether it’s a large home ...

“Insulation in the attic is very important,” Feller says, to protect your roof from trapped heat within your home. Laying insulation on the attic floor keeps your house cooler. But to protect the roof ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. - A family has been displaced after a fire on their home's deck spread to the attic Saturday morning. On Aug. 13, Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) received a report of a ...

The pursuit of more space never ends, whether you are building, buying, selling or dreaming. The ultimate redundant space is a dark and dusty attic, so instead of extending outward, these home owners ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Sioux Falls Fire Rescue (SFFR) responded to the Bennington Hill Apartments at 57 th Street and Nevada Avenue at 7:15 Friday night. A chair was on fire on a second-floor deck ...

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Q: I just got a bid for insulation of my 824-square-foot attic for $1,200. That seems pretty high. The contractor would blow in cellulose insulation. But you have said that expandable foam against the ...

It took almost an hour for firefighters to put out a fire that damaged a Burlington, Iowa home. Five people were home when the two-story, wood-frame house caught fire around 8 p.m. Monday, February 29 ...