Buying a home with aluminum wiring? The seller will probably tell you it's perfectly fine, has never been a problem, and there's nothing to worry about. We've heard this story many times. I blogged ...

DETROIT -- What's the most common threat to the integrity of your house? Home inspectors say it's water in the wrong place. But often you can't see the leaks that cause mold and rot. Take the roof ...

Let's be real, most of us don't think twice about the wiring hidden inside our walls. It's one of those out-of-sight, out-of-mind situations. But honestly, ignoring aging electrical systems in your ...

At one time, aluminum was considered semiprecious. During World War II, aluminum production went into high gear as the material was needed to build airplanes and other war machines. After the war, ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s aluminum wiring was sometimes substituted for copper wiring in residential electrical systems due to the sudden escalating price of copper. Although properly ...