Millions of homes still have it, and the experts can't quite agree.

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 ...

Q The condo I'm buying has aluminum wiring. According to my home inspector this is a fire hazard. But he says correcting the problem in the unit I'm buying doesn't eliminate the issue entirely because ...

Q We recently purchased a 12-year-old house, and our home inspector failed to mention the aluminum wire that runs from the main service panel to the heater. It was discovered when we hired an ...

Uyen Mai and her husband had just finished installing wood floors in their home near Walnut High School when they noticed sparks coming out of an electrical outlet. Electricians told her the sparks ...

An estimated 2 million homes in the United States were built or renovated using electrical circuits with aluminum wiring, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. And unless certain ...

With the spring real estate market heating up, questions and concerns about aluminum wiring are common with those looking to buy or sell a residential property. Aluminum branch wiring was used during ...

Nearly 200,000 homes burn each year because of faulty electrical wiring. In most cases, there were warning signs. The key is to know what to look for. Is there a fire hazard hidden behind your walls?