When it comes to protecting one of the biggest investments of your life, your home, having a stable foundation is everything.

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Dear Tim: I want to build a deluxe garden shed, but I have serious concerns about where to place the shed on my slightly sloping lot. The best location for the shed is under a giant maple tree. A ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. During a recent evaluation at a home in ...

I built a 6' x 8' chicken coop a few years ago that sits on 4x4 skids. This is turning out to be a bit smaller than I'd like, so I was considering something larger for the future. 16' x 16' or ...