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 ...

In houses built before 1990, inspectors keep circling back to one quiet but consequential problem: aging electrical systems ...

A surge in demand for aluminum wires from a variety of end-use industries is driving market expansion. In addition, the increased popularity of ethernet will drive the market. However, decrease in ...

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an estimated 2 million homes in the United States were built or renovated using electrical circuits with aluminum wiring. And, according to the ...

David Hannemann and his wife were aware when they bought their Ellicott City, Md., home 18 years ago that it had aluminum electrical wiring, a known fire hazard. But they waited until this February to ...

Q I just moved into an old house that still has aluminum wiring. I know it’s a fire hazard, but do I really have to rewire the whole house? A Great question. Fire safety is a big concern with any home ...

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 ...

Someone who decides to build a house faces a daunting task. It’s hard enough to act as the general contractor for someone else, but when you decide to build your own house, as my parents did in the ...