The atrium uses Sculptform's custom profile Click-on Battens to span between floors and create an incredible feature.

Such regions necessarily require a certain level of thermal isolation in walls, floors, and roofs—but for these climates, we can combine bamboo with materials that complement it. We spoke with ...

There are many types of roofs—flat, shed, butterfly and more, so an inspector provides valuable insights to help homeowners navigate selling their home, buying a new one and maintaining the long ...

His work covers everything from plumbing and roofing to solar and pest control. Find his work on sites like Angi, USA Today and The Pen... Timothy has written about personal finance, including ...

You can often find fresh bamboo shoots in Asian food stores, but they’re not easy to prepare as they’re protected by many layers of overlapping, brown husk covered in fine, sharp hairs.

While many homeowners concentrate on maintaining the ground-level features of their homes, a roof cleaner can help keep the roof looking its best. Often, not until black streaks and patches of ...

To install the tiles, roofers remove the old roof, replace the roof’s underlayment, and install battens over the underlayment and rafters to fasten the roof tiles. Concrete tiles come in various ...

Carter Gaddis is a senior writer at USA TODAY Homefront. He is an experienced journalist who has written about roofing, sunrooms, title insurance and other home service topics. Carter has ...

The area's agricultural surroundings, uncommon in industrial Rayong, inspired the team to utilise bamboo battens to form the building's skin, allowing for wind flow circulation and light filtration.

"The roof design did not provide for adequate ventilation and this has led to the wooden roof battens, which support the concrete roof tiles, rotting." In a statement on the health board’s ...

Batten Hall is named in honor of media pioneer and entrepreneur Frank Batten (MBA 1952). Batten Hall became part of the HBS campus in 2011. The building was once home to public broadcasting’s WGBH ...