Growing up in rural Stevens County, I was fortunate to spend countless hours exploring my grandparents’ 80-acre farm. While ...

Concrete blocks were out of budget, so we built two large retaining walls using 6x6 landscape timbers. In this video, I show you how we extended their lifespan with drain lines, proper backfill, and ...

Our root-cellar-in-a-box overflows with potatoes. Without a cellar, what’s an approachable way to store my root crops through winter? Build a root vegetable storage box for a small-scale way to ...

What started as a glossy open-for-inspection day with 100 potential buyers quickly turned into a war of words, with alliances breaking down and friendships pushed to the brink. Mat, usually the ...

In this video, we showcase a mini construction project that highlights the design and functionality of a miniature hydroelectric dam. Key elements of the build and the science behind hydroelectric ...

Despite being one of our most useful day-to-day tools, glass is a material that's rarely recycled due to complicated logistics. That's why researchers at the University of Portsmouth and their ...

Every square foot of it could, with the addition of some extra materials, power the world that it has grown to cover.

The owners of a detached property on Stankelt Road in Silverdale, Lancs, decided to build a second home in the garden. Unfortunately the new build loomed over the neighbouring house. So in response ...

Large concrete blocks are set to go in place along a stretch of seafront to help protect a seaside town from coastal flooding. The giant Lego-style blocks are going in along Stone Quay in Swanage with ...

One can spot the ready-mix concrete trucks trundling around town, large drums constantly churning, headed to construction sites in most major cities in the country. You can’t really call them ...

A pint-sized house in Moonee Ponds sold for $501,000 on the weekend – a massive $800,000 less than the suburb’s median house price – but there was a bit of a catch. The house, described as “just a ...

A major Leicester road faced disruption this afternoon (Friday, September 12) following a crash. Bus operator Centre Bus said delays were building on Burleys Way, with several services affected. The ...