Planning a major renovation or just making small improvements around the house? Understanding building codes is crucial. These regulations exist to keep you, your family, and future occupants safe.

Prevent accidents and make your home safer by learning about and fixing these code violations. Many are DIY-able. The purpose ...

See which of Russ LeBlanc's Moving Violations videos were the most-viewed of 2025 — your favorite one might be there. As the editors of EC&M look back on 2025, there's no question that the National ...

You tidy a panel, bundle loose cables, or cram one more splice into a junction box, and the work looks sharper than what you started with. Yet that same “cleanup” can quietly push you out of ...

There are a couple of NEC violations with the raceways here. First is a violation of Sec. 300.13 because raceways and cables ...

Ten residential buildings within the Forest View apartment complex have been vacated due to multiple property maintenance and ...

Residents of a seniors’ building in Thunder Bay, Ont., are weighing their options as their landlord faces unpaid utility bills and dozens of fire code violations. Formerly called McKellar Place, ...

The city of Garland is moving from a criminal to a civil enforcement model later this year for code violations. Garland residents will no longer have to fight their code compliance citations in ...