Basement Foundation
I have a new construction home with an unfinished basement. ( 3 years old ) You can see a wood board along the french drain line of the basement floor. I have ...
I have a new construction home with an unfinished basement. ( 3 years old ) You can see a wood board along the french drain line of the basement floor. I have ...
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answersI am wanting to finish off a portion of my basement. I have read through many different post, sites, and articles about what types of insulation and things to us...
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answersThe walls in my 63-yr old full walk-out basement are crumbling in spots. The walls have been painted and the wall is crumbing in several places behind the paint ...
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answersIf you have water coming from your basement wall(s) and/or coming from what is called the'isolation joint' which is where the bottom of bsmt wall meets the floor...
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answersI need to install an egress window. Would you be willing to come to Newark NJ and do a show on installing one? Feeling desperate with no money only a grant from...
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answersAre there any groups (like ANSI or ASTM) that have evaluated the actual effectiveness of various sealers that are supposed to prevent transmission of radon throug...
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answersHi. LONG POST! PLEASE HELP!! I just had some mold remediation done by a national professional company. My basment is unfinished. The strong mold odor and subsequ...
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answersWe purchased a country home built with the foundation serving as the floor of the entire house. At first, I thought the floor was interesting and unique. (The bui...
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answersHELP!!my sump pit is continuing to fill nonstop. Pump going off every 30 seconds. downspouts and discharge is taking water away from house. Where is all this wate...
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answersI dropped a bag of mothballs behind a wall that is made of concrete blocks in a basement and thy fell to the bottom. I cannot get them out. can I get rid o smell...
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answersHello, I'm hoping someone can help me here. I bought a condo about 2 years ago and have multiple flooding problems. Some have been repaired but there is still one...
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answersI'm replacing 6 by 6 wooden support posts in the basement of my 95 year old home. The 3 posts were sitting on concrete piers which are 3.5 inches below the concre...
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answersI recently acquired a home built in 1920. There are 4 large (1" x 5") screws with a - 1 1/4" ball for a head screwed into 4 of the floor joists. They are in a li...
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answersHello I hope someone can help me out with my problem. My house has brick on the front side of the house only. The rest of the house (balance 3 sides) has hardip...
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answersHi there, I am guessing my garage was built as an add-on to my home as it is about 4 feet higher than my basement. There are stairs and a doorway from inside the ...
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answersIn order to be closer to my Mother, I purchased an older fixer upper. I have pretty much depleted my reno budget, but after the recent hurricane and subsequent ra...
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answersWith new construction is there a cost difference between a garden level foundation and a 10ft wall basement foundation?
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answersCleaning out the ceiling between the 2x6’s, bug spraying it, and covering it up. Also covering or painting the floor and doing something else with the walls that ...
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answersSpilled large amount of kerosene on concrete garage floor. The spill was not found right away. Spill has been cleaned up. It has been days and the strong smell...
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answersHello, Our house is approximately 14 years old. We have lived here for 1.5 years and have never had a drop of moisture in our basement (unfinished), not even a n...
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