Do dehumidifiers ruin floor joists?
Help! My husband and I are at odds regarding using a dehumidifier in our basement. Our basement is damp & musty, and gets standing water when it rains heavi...
Help! My husband and I are at odds regarding using a dehumidifier in our basement. Our basement is damp & musty, and gets standing water when it rains heavi...
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answersI am thinking of buying a brand new spec home. It's on the edge of some wetlands but the homes on either side have no water problems. This home (@2700 sq FT ran...
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answersI am looking for the best material(s) to apply to my exterior foundation walls to waterproof them. It's an older house in the Boston suburbs w/a concrete foundati...
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answersMy mobile home was placed and leveled 4 months ago out in the country when the black gumbo soil was perfectly dry. Now that the rains have come how do I re-leve...
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answersAddition on back of house built over old staircase to basement. The foundation wall butts up on either side of wall and joist are hung to wall three feet away. ...
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answersI'm in the process of starting framing a unfinished Attic. As I started framing a section, it became obvious that the Ceiling joists were very wavy at points. I'v...
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answersI need to support six (6) 2'' beams by heavy duty lolly columns and I am looking for a large, 12''x12'' lolly column head plates (or caps). Where can I find such ...
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answersI have a basement bathroom with drywall walls attached to metal studs. There is no insulation between the drywall and the foundation wall. I would like to blow i...
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answersI have a problem with water seeping into my house from the patio. The concrete patio slab is at the same height as the foundation slab so when it rains water acc...
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answersWe recently purchased a home, and have found many things wrong since then- obvious issues that did not happen overnight. The most recent one is snow melting into ...
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answersHelp... It's getting hot here. My attic fan isnt working. I replaced the motor a year ago and now it doesnt work. (I think due to warped fan blades-it shook a ...
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answers1)Will NOT take ANY (NONE!) Hydrostatic Pressure off the outside of a basement wall...because the pressure is.......on the OUTSIDE of the wall! 2) An Inside met...
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answerswhy the insults? I`d like to ask any of you 3 how many waterproofing jobs you`ve done....AND had to guarantee....NONE? Exactly...not thousands,hundreds..er ev...
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answersI want to drylok the basement but want to get the old paint off first? sandblasting? how do you sandblast? rental?
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answersI have an outside stairwell with a drain. The drain system is a gravel filled drainage box. I believe the drainage box has become filled with silt over the year...
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answersThis is what I`m talking about....articles like this Minn one...it states that the first thing you should do is extend downspouts or raise/slope grade and on &am...
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answersDevil--too funny LOL (Sir!)....Hahhahaa....hey,I said IF!!! IF you have cracks in your wall and IF you have a bowing/shifting wall...I`m stating that raisin...
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answersWe have a walk out basement the sliding doors face north. We are replacing those doors with more energy efficient doors. However, that is not the problem. the ...
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answersI recently have moved into a house that was built in 1929. The attic is insulated by some sort of insulation that looks like someone was shearing a sheep up ther...
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