If you’re currently using your attic as a catchall for everything from your old Beanie Baby collection to those torrid letters from your sixth-grade pen pal (what were you guys thinking, anyway?), you ...

Dear Jim: Even though my house is adequately insulated, my air conditioner runs a lot. On sunny days, the bedroom ceiling seems hot, so heat must be coming from the hot roof. How can I reduce this ...

Q When our home was built in 1989, the builder placed insulation in the garage ceiling, saying it would help if we ever planned to convert the attic to a bedroom. A few years ago we had the attic ...

THERE's a little-known hack to keep your bedroom cool at night as temperatures rocket to a sweltering 29C this week. Householders are being advised to keep their attic loft hatch open over the coming ...

THERE’s a little-known hack to keep your bedroom cool at night as temperatures rocket to a sweltering 29C this week. Householders are being advised to keep their attic loft hatch open for the next ...

How hot is your attic? We're coming into a time of year when it might be nice to know. Excess attic heat can slowly leak through the bedroom ceiling after hot summer afternoons --and that's what keeps ...

People go house hunting with specific criteria in mind – from a certain number of bedrooms or a country-style kitchen to a spacious garden with room for a trampoline. But few are likely to specify ...