Many older homes are graced by columns supporting a porch roof. As they suffer the effects of age and weather, these columns may need repair or replacement. Sometimes, you'll only need to replace the ...

Richard on becoming a plumber; Smart thermostats; Switch legs; Tom replaces a porch column We look back at twenty years of Richard Trethewey helping homeowners on Ask This Old House and he shares what ...

Q. I own a house built in the 1930s by a man named Hardy for whom my little street in South Boston is named. I am having the house reshingled this spring, probably Maibec white cedar, or Hardee fiber ...

An Annapolis couple has lost a bid to keep the fiberglass columns on their early-20th-century home’s porch in the city’s Historic District, in a case that has pitted homeowners against historical ...