crumbling basement walls
My house was built in 1892 and the walls in the basement look like sand and rock. The seem to be crumbling and leaving sand everywhere. What can we do to seal the...
My house was built in 1892 and the walls in the basement look like sand and rock. The seem to be crumbling and leaving sand everywhere. What can we do to seal the...
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answersI just wanted to update from my last message. We went ahead and had our stone basement sprayed with Icynene foam. We framed out the walls added the electrical ou...
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answersI am working with my father to add several bedrooms in his attic. His house was built in the 1920's, and even though it is huge, only has 2 bedrooms and one bathr...
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answersI need lots of help. I just purchased a home with an unfinished basement. one wall has large cracks and bolts that had to be applied to straighten the wall. I am ...
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answersI am planning a rec room in my basement, and would like to lay a tile floor. There are some cracks in the cement that run the entire width of the basement, and t...
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answersHi, I just moved into a rowhouse built around 1953. The outer interior walls(next to my neighbors) are very dense and hard as if underneath consist of brick. Alt...
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answersMy house in New Orleans had a brick floored back porch with a door to my garage. I had the porch closed in. When we get heavy or long rains, water enters my...
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answersOur home was built in the summer of 2001. Our basement is block and we had them go up 14 rows. We have just noticed a vertical crack, floor to ceiling. Any ide...
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answersI have ductwork in my basement that I'd like to frame around. I done a little reading and I found out I simply have to build a box around it 16" on center with 2*...
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answersi need to install a french drain on two sides of my garage to keep it from flooding, but there's a hiccup to the situation. our problem is that our rectangular lo...
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answersWe had our foundation leveled by Olshan 3 years ago. We have 30 Cable lock pilings around the exterior walls of our house. The pilings are about 8' apart. Now our...
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answersI own a house in North Alabama that I am about to put on the market to sell. This is a brick home that is 6.5 years old. A potential buyer crawled under this ...
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answersI amn sure that this has been asked...but anyway!!! I have a poured concrete foundation...do I need to put anything on the walls prior to framing them...any type ...
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answersI want to enclose the second stroy of a two story foyer, adding an office. Do I need an architect or engineer to check the current construction to determine if it...
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answersWe have a brand new home, poured concrete foundation, walk-out basement. The corners and near-by wall space in back of our basement are saturated and wet to the ...
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answersWe are building a new house. Our property is in a valley lower than the surrounding area with a gradual slope. Our builder leveled our site for a post-tension s...
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answersWe are in the process of selling our home. The house is 12 years old. We have had no problems with settling. We have noticed two cracks in the celing downstairs. ...
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answersI hope this is the right board to post this question. As we were digging out from under snow once again here the northeast my husband and I looked up at the edge...
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answersI need to know if it is ok to mortar and drylok my stone basement walls this winter. There is one leak that I am aware of that I would like to fix from the outsi...
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answersAll, I am in the process of finishing my basement and have few questions before I nail some wood. I have a ranch house and the main beam(2x12) runs across, di...
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