Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. But wood construction isn’t ...

Then in Chicago, Augustine Taylor got credit for creating balloon-frame construction, a hammer-and-nails forerunner to the light-frame construction that still dominates U.S. housing. In the first ...

Fires in balloon-frame construction present the engine company officer with various challenges. In addition to securing a water supply, stretching a line and extinguishing the main body of the ...

“Balloon framing was an early attempt to do mass production.’’ Balloon framing, in which homes are built with long, continuous lumber, was among the most common ways to build a house in the ...

The father who orchestrated the balloon boy hoax is taking advantage ... anyone who will listen that he is innocent and being framed. Authorities are not amused by Richard Heene's media blitz ...

Fire Chief Terrence Baudin explains how fire moves through balloon framed houses. Kevin O'Connor finds Richard Trethewey in the attic. Richard explains the use of the mini duct system to save the ...

It's called "balloon frame" construction, and thousands of homes around the region have it. A fire that gutted a balloon frame home in Allentown on Sunday started small, with a family making ...