Some Tips to Drain a Flooded Basement
Here are the steps you need to go through to safely pump out the water from your basement and make sure the house does not undergo structural damag...
Here are the steps you need to go through to safely pump out the water from your basement and make sure the house does not undergo structural damag...
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ViewsThere is retained water under my house slab foundation (no basement). The moisture from this water caused some damage to the hardwood floor that ca...
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ViewsHello, a few weeks ago I had the old wooden support columns in the basement replaced with steel support columns. New footings were poured (about 2...
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ViewsLive in Alabama. Have lake house with a crawl space. Crawl space has a vapor barrier. Floor joists and subflooring for the first floor are open ...
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ViewsWe are putting a 300 sq ft addition on our house in northern Virginia. There is a crawl space under the new addition. Since the addition increase...
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ViewsI am building a new home. My basement will be 10" poured walls. What is better economically and performance wise when waterproofing the foundation?...
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ViewsHi all, Last Friday I had a strong rainfall and after several hours I heard my backup sump pump alarm buzzing ... so I went to check it and I coul...
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ViewsWe are in the process of purchasing a 70 year old house. It has a fully modernized basement with 3 bedrooms, 3/4 bath and rumpus room. It also ha...
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ViewsI have a rectangular cover on my basement floor, about 1'+ x half a foot. There is a bolt on it and when I try to unbolt it, the bolt keeps turnin...
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ViewsI am wondering if anyone has made a free standing shower (for a basement) using the base and panels that are usually used for standard shower const...
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ViewsRecently I've discovered more hairline cracks (very long) on the tiles in the bathroom downstairs. The builder replaced 6-7 cracked tiles during th...
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ViewsI am having a dust issue in one room of my house (rancher w/ full unfinished basement). I have replaced the entire duct system, everything is now ...
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ViewsWe live in the midatlantic and have a 5' deep crawlspace with about 8 or so foundation vents. Since we bought the place 2 years ago, we have battl...
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ViewsWhen I bought my house I planted Weeping Willows. I was told by garden center employee that as long as it was 20 feet away from the house that sinc...
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ViewsThis is my first house and I have only been in it for one year. Anyway, the other day the sump pump turned on and will not turn off even though the...
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ViewsI purchased a home that is 20 years old, and the window wells are rotting and warped. They are made from red wood, and I want to have them replace...
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ViewsIs there a way to pevent the floor from warping on a pier and beam foundation?
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ViewsI am looking for a product that will seal my basement ceiling between the joists to stop dust from coming up to the first floor from between the ha...
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ViewsI have been living in my house for 35 years and had water in the basement twice, both times during a Noreaster that dropped 12 to 15 in" of rain in...
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