Because basements are partially below grade, or under the ground, an egress window is often installed near a window well, ...

A house fire over the weekend cost a North Spokane woman nearly everything she owned. The flames also trapped her nephew in the basement. Firefighters cut a hole through the wall to get him out ...

Q: I live in a townhouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, built in the early 1980s. It has a finished basement with a small egress window with a rounded well outside. During heavy rainstorms, which we've ...

Q: I live in a townhouse built in the early 1980s. It has a finished basement with a small egress window with a rounded well outside. During heavy rainstorms, which we've had many of this summer, this ...