2nd Story water leak--Is Drywall ceiling ok?
Recently, the tub in our upstairs laundry room overflowed. About 15 minutes of water poured on floor. The ceiling downstairs only shows minor dama...
Recently, the tub in our upstairs laundry room overflowed. About 15 minutes of water poured on floor. The ceiling downstairs only shows minor dama...
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ViewsI'm in the middle of increasing the size of a room in my basement. The previous owners used vinyle tile for the flooring. Now that im underway I've...
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ViewsHello..I am planning on finishing the basement of my condo and I would like some feedback on flooring ideas.. I am planning to create a family/tv r...
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ViewsI am about to start finishing my basement. I have poured walls and have heard many ways to frame the exterior walls. Is it better to leave a gap be...
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ViewsMy basement is finished and over the past several years I have experienced on three occassions minor water in one corner after very heavey rainfall...
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ViewsI live in a 50+ year old terraced house in London. Over the 2 years my cellar has flooded twice. Most recently after some very heavy rain I found t...
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ViewsMy wife and I just had a house built. After a couple months we started to see ants and other bugs crawl out of the walls. After the last episode,...
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ViewsHELP!! I am in the process of having a house built. There are a total of four foundation cracks. Two of them coming from the bottom of two windo...
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ViewsI am a newbie at home ownership so please bear with me. When my home inspector went into our crawl space it was completely sealed up (including ve...
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Viewsi am wondering if the mold that is on the ceiling of the attic in the house i am looking to purchase is caused from poor ventallation or there prio...
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ViewsI'm framing in a part of my basement and would like to install carpeting in the new room. I do not have moisture problems but I laid down 6-mil pla...
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ViewsDoes anyone know anything about the downspout kit as shown on www.waterproof.com/downspouts/ I'm getting gutters installed and wondered the pros ...
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ViewsWe just added on to our house and decided to use I-joists for our flooring system. I'm now finishing off the basement. I've painted the bottom and ...
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ViewsThe back section of my two story house is on stilts (6x6 posts) with 7' of headroom. I want to excavate and put in living space. Any ideas on how...
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ViewsI posted a question earlier about using Thoroseal as waterproofing on an outside basement wall. Your reply was that it was not a good product for t...
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ViewsI have a ranch style house built in 1966 (1430 SQ FT) and I had an energy audit done by our gas company. I have 6" r-19 in the attic and no insulat...
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ViewsWas wondering if anyone has any feedback on this crawlspace co. Neutocrete I found it on the web....I have a dirt crawlspace that stinks, its wet a...
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ViewsI live in a row home in Baltimore City which is over 100 years old. I notice a musty smell whenever I first walk in from outside. It is probably ...
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ViewsI am in the process of purchasing a new house, after having it inspected we were made aware of a large crack in the foundation, it starts at about ...
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ViewsThe flourescent light is the standard 4 inches high. The amount of room above the existing dropped ceiling is 4 inches, so it would just fit. EXC...
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