Soil too close to siding and not enough slope to lower the level
My backyard is beautiful but in the southwest corner I have an issue. The soil level is too high and comes to the bottom of my cement fiber siding. I can not ta...
My backyard is beautiful but in the southwest corner I have an issue. The soil level is too high and comes to the bottom of my cement fiber siding. I can not ta...
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answersJust bought a house and have noticed that the sump pump--after a decent rain--goes on about every 45 to 60 seconds for about a couple of days. It's a Zoeller, ...
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answersI have a garage, which has one wall that sits below grade. Looking at it, there is a small amount of water that leaks through at the floor/wall joint. It's not ...
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answersI was wondering... during the winter months, how close should the attic temperature be to the outside temperature? What is the ideal range? Jim
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answersThere is retained water under my house slab foundation (no basement). The moisture from this water caused some damage to the hardwood floor that caused me to dig ...
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answersTo 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 South Carolina. Sm...
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answersDoes anyone have a solution to fit 3 sump pumps inside 1 pit? I want to place a big pump on the floor of the pit. I then want to have a battery pump 6 inches hi...
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answersI'm interested in purchasing a home that has been built on a concrete slab with no footing. What can be done to prevent issues from occurring with age and this ty...
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answersMy foundation is over 80 years old, and has been neglected for most of its life. In some area’s the mortar is starting to turn to sand. Other areas the blocks are...
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answersWe bought a house about 6 months ago and I'm wondering if we should get the foundation checked. We had an inspection before buying and no red flags were raised. ...
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answersI 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 existing basement. T...
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answersAt what degree of change in flooring when walking do you feel a grade variance? 1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 1 inch? new construction and LVP laid over concrete and I can ...
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answersAre there any concerns with sleeving water and sewer mains through a foundation under a two-story addition? When we hired our contractor, he was aware of both of ...
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answersWe had new outdoor concrete stairs laid down in July. The stairs (6 stairs) go down into a 3 season room that is halfway underground. Ever since this project was...
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answersI just leveled the floor of an old addition. The floor has minor "give" (I stress, "minor"). I silicon caulked the plywood floor both top and bottom where it meet...
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answersBob, I cannot fit an eps rigid board into the portal to the crawl space, as it is only 16 x 30". So I was thinking of using rockwool to put in the horizontal per...
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answers6 weeks back, I have just moved to new house (20 year old). I have 1/2 HP sump pump and water backup sump pump in each pit. Since I moved, we had two major st...
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answers6 weeks back, I have just moved to new house (20 year old). I have 1/2 HP sump pump and water backup sump pump in each pit. Since I moved, we had two major st...
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answersI am about to finish off my basement and I am concerned that the sound of the water draining into my sump pump pit is going to become extremely annoying once I fi...
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answersHoping for advice, after Hurricane Laura was hoping for just a partial gut, but I Hurricen Delta had other ideas. The house was built in the early 70's, by a fa...
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