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Q: I’m thinking of buying a dilapidated old frame house in the country. It has a stone foundation that seems to me to be too close to the ground. Are stone foundations adequate and strong? Is it ...

Q. I own a diner where decorative concrete block forms the lower part of the exterior walls. At the front of my building a wing wall extends away from the building. Some of the solid concrete blocks ...

YOU USUALLY can’t spot a concrete house when you’re standing outside or even inside one. Laura and David Owen didn’t know that the two-story house they wanted to buy in Olathe, Kan., featured ...

CarbonBuilt's plant in Danielson, Connecticut, is now producing more eco-friendly concrete blocks. The blocks are made with up to 50% less cement, a material whose production accounts for 7-8% of ...