More stories about Metal

• Q&A: Concrete Without Steel?

  Q: Does the addition of fibers eliminate the need for steel in a concrete-slab basement floor?

• Backfill: Still Grinding After 200 Years

  Still grinding after 200 years.

• Letters

  Interior-design law; stabilizing steel against buckling; respect for legal immigrants

• Gish Goes Green and Gold

  SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Gish Apartments has achieved an honor that no other multifamily development in California—affordable or not—can claim.

• Letters

  Copper Flashing on ACQ ~ How Small Is Small?

• Soundings

  Wind Performance of Metal Roofing

• Products

  Basement finishing; flashing

• A Pier-and-Beam Foundation For a Coastal Site

  Where unstable soil and periodic tidal flooding are a concern, helical piers topped with a concrete stem wall rise to the challenge.

• Q&A: Upgrading to Three-Prong Outlets

  Q. In an older house wired with BX cable, can the original two-prong outlets be upgraded to three-prong grounded outlets, provided they're properly bonded to the original metallic boxes?

• Decorative