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 ...

Not all homes have basements, but if yours does and it doesn't have this essential feature, you better get one before Mike Holmes catches you.

What is a means of egress? We hear the term all of the time in reference to windows, but what does it really mean? A means of egress might be a driveway, where you can access a lot from a public road ...

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 ...