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A woman said she found her brother in a basement bedroom unresponsive. Dispatch reports indicated that the victim was found tied up — his arms bound with duct tape, his legs with an extension cord.

LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — In a heartbreaking update to a story 5 On Your Side first shared last summer, a 76-year-old man who relatives say was brutally tortured in the basement of his north St. Louis ...

Improper insulation choices can lead to higher energy bills and moisture problems (the kind that cause water damage to exterior walls or floors). Insulating your basement walls helps address these ...

The likeliest place to find a frozen water pipe is on an exterior wall, or where your water enters the foundation of your home. Look for these signs: Check your roof:What are ice dams and how big ...

Having experienced frozen pipes firsthand, I recall living in a home where the kitchen sink pipes ran along an exterior ... wrap them in insulation, including the pipes in the basement and the ...

One way to prevent frozen pipes and the damage that comes with them, is to insulate pipes where water tends to linger, ...

Yes, a beautiful basement is actually possible. When your basement is one of your primary hangout areas, there's no such thing as too much seating. A sofa, two ottomans, two chairs, and an upholstered ...

This study presents the manufacturing and evaluation of a cellulose and rice husk-based insulation material, as a proposal for the reuse of materials considered as value-added waste, such as recycled ...

This means they are ‘cavity walls’ and the gap between them can be filled with insulating material to stop the warmth escaping to the outside. To find out whether your home has cavity walls, you can ...