Close those crawl-space vents to keep cold air out.

After a welcome spate of rain to quench Connecticut brush fires, some are thinking ahead to the next time the immediate peril is a wall of water -- by renovating their foundations to let flood waters ...

Older homes in the South were typically built over a crawl space rather than a finished basement. Even today, many homes don't include a finished basement because of our damp, Southern soils. What you ...