Accessibility

Q: Single Family Home, or multi-family / mixed use residence/multiple "service" (apartment present)? USA? What Electr...

Most states have an accessibility standards handbook. Many of them have one on-line, but even if your state does not,...

Here is a room-by-room checklist of steps you can take if someone in your family is impacted by a lasting injury, dis...

By ADA regulations, it depends upon the direction the wheelchair is approaching the switch. If the switch is accesse...

WE ARE RENOVATING AN OLD FARMHOUSE WHICH HAS A GOOD BIT OF SPACE IN THE ATTIC THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACCESS. HOW DO W...

I would like to know the best and most cost efficient way to cool my 400 sq. ft garage in sunny Florida. Could you...

Bob tours the Roxbury project with its architect, Fernando Domenech, who explains the difference between adaptabilit...

Bob tours the Roxbury project with its architect, Fernando Domenech, who explains the difference between adaptability...

In the past, retirees have fled south, eschewing the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest in favor of sunnier, more b...

You may not be one of the rising wave of aging baby boomers, but if you’re building or renovating your house, the pri...

Q: Our screened-in porch is undergoing some updates, including the installation of overhead lights and addition of a ...

While renters don't need to worry things like the furnace or lawn, they are not safe from all maintenance woes. Here ...

Organizing your life can feel like a constant battle. Calm the chaos with these 8 neat and nifty storage ideas. Each ...

Plumbers begin to install a wheelchair-accessible shower stall, and drywall starts going up. Also, Bob takes a field ...

In Richmond, Virginia, the oldest continuously occupied governor's mansion in America is in need of serious repairs, ...

The accessible home project follows an urban renewal story, involving grass-roots activism and affordable housing.

I have a cobblestone walkway that leads to a set of stairs and then to my front porch. The inclice has always seemed...

My family is planning a renovation of myparents' bathroom to increase my father'saccessibility, due to dx of Alzheime...

We are planning on buying a new wheelchair accessible 2 section manufactured home and moving it onto farm property. ...

** need advice on installing a/c in wall. **You probably meant to post this is the Appliance forum rather than the Ac...