COMMUNITY FORUM: BASEMENT & FOUNDATION

Should I Worry? Water Always Flowing Into Sump Pit

I recently put an addition on my house (finished a year ago). We built a full basement under the addition, and dug about 3' deeper than the existi...

3 days by BV017448

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French Drain Screen or cover

Is there a product made for basement french drains to prevent bugs and rodents from entering yet allow water to drain out properly? Sort of like a...

6 days by BV017424

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Foundation coating

What is the best product to coat poured concrete foundation for dampproofing? Where to get it? Thanks

6 days by BV017422

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Leak in basement

basement leaks: I have an add on sunroom that used to be a carport. The room in the basement under the sunroom is all cement, even the ceiling. ...

7 days by BV017417

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Tuscan Stone Bronze Laminate Flooring

Desperate Need of Discontinued Flooring I am needing DuPont Real Touch Elite Laminate Flooring in Tuscan Stone Bronze Model #118-640. In...

7 days by BV017410

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Condensation underthe floor on top of vapor barrier in NC

We keep our 70s ranch house at 68 degrees and apparently this has caused condensation to form on top of the insulation under the floor, causing th...

8 days by BV017372

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Condensation on vinyl floor

We have a vinyl tiled floor in our village hall and, in cold weather with a lot of people in the hall, we get a high build up of condensation, maki...

8 days by BV017400

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concrete support house beam

hi house built in the 50s support beam has rust stains in basement would like advise on painting it etc thank you I live on cape cod

15 days by BV017337

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Basement Leaking

Can a very large driveway crack (s) that has made driveway concrete sink and lean towards the basement be the cause for water in basement? We only ...

13 days by Glenda Taylor

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Crawl-space insulation

29-year old house near Portland, Oregon. Looking under my house, I see insulation attached (stapled) to perimeter of my foundation. It is just hang...

18 days by BV017310

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Chemical smell coming from concrete floors and walls

To the person who posted the chemical smell problem - I have it too! I am original owner of a 10 year old house, slab on grade (no basement) in Sou...

23 days by BV017270

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Insulation and plenum

During the process of having an energy survey performed on our public library, we discovered that many sections of fiberglass insulation had fallen...

26 days by BV017250

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replace wood beam with lally column or not

I have a 112 year old house with fieldstone foundation with original wood posts (7 foot long old tree stumps) sitting on huge rock holding up load...

29 days by BV017224

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Beaver Basement Water Control System

Has anyone had this system installed in there house and if so does it work. Please give any feed back if you have this system.

29 days by dduarte

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Replacement Springs for Attic Ladders

Hi, One of the "disappearing springs" on my attic ladder snapped and I've been having a tough time locating a replacement. The ladder is at lea...

30 days by BV017216

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Moisture on concrete

I have moisture coming up through the concrete in my bedroom. I found out when I had the carpet removed and had laminate flooring put in and it buc...

about 1 month by BV017215

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