Maxine Taylor thought she was being “green” by using wood chips instead of asphalt for a driveway on her woodsy front yard in Butchers Hill. The chips happen to let rainfall soak through into the ...

Q: My concrete driveway has eight large slabs. The driveway slopes down from my garage to the street. The straight-line gaps between the slabs have enlarged, and some cracks are as wide as 2 inches. I ...

Ever wonder why almost all of our architecture is rectilinear? It’s mostly about ease of construction, since lumber and other building materials tend to be produced in standard dimensions. But ...