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I recently purchased a home and evidently I did not, nor did the home inspector, notice the bowing on the north and south walls of my ciderblock basement. I've t...
I recently purchased a home and evidently I did not, nor did the home inspector, notice the bowing on the north and south walls of my ciderblock basement. I've t...
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answersWe are trying to decide on what type of basement to build and are wondering if anyone has had any problem with mold on the styrofoam formed basements?
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answersWe live in a very old farmhouse with a stone foundation which is terrible shape. We get all kinds of unwanted vistiors ie snakes and you can see the light of day ...
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answersi would like to dig out my basement floor to give more head room presently about 5'10" and figure digging it to about 6'6" when finished the problen is that the h...
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answersI have an inside perimeter basement drain & sump pump that we installed when we built our home. Beneath the french drain we have orangeburg pipe that allows l...
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answers50 year old house with stone foundation. Heavy rains allow water to seep into basement. I am considering a sump pump. Any special considerations as to placemen...
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answersAfter we built out house 7 yrs ago we discovered we built on a clay bed. We dug around the outside of the home (underground trench). One area about 10 ft. wide ...
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answersMy wife and I have a home with a 900 sq ft walk out basesment that we are going to finish. Heating is forced air, currently blowing down form ceiling..We have had...
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answersI just bought an old 1930's house that has a crawl space that is 5 ft(hard packed dirt) for half the area and 3 ft(loose dirt) for the other half. I found a spli...
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answershi,our 45 yr old home has horizonal cracking in the mortar between the blocks in the wall (only one 35-ft wall at front of house) and this wall is slightly bowed ...
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answersI live in the Denver area... heavy clay soil.My basement is partially finished. I have a wood floor that is about 3 feet off the dirt underneath. There is a frenc...
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answersFrom a previous home I am sold on the use of a powered attic exhaust fan (not a whole house fan). I recently moved into a new home with minimal ventilation. I a...
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answersDoes anyone have any idea how to fix this problem?During the winter months my basement is dry and odour free. However as the days warm up and humidity increases a...
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answersHaving a problem with mold on the North and South walls in the basement in one of my rental properties. My renters cleaned with bleach and got most of it off, but...
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answersCan I safely re-excavate and lower my basement floor?I have a 1908 house in Minnesota with a ridiculously bumpy concrete slab in the basement. Some bumps are pro...
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answersI have recently run into a problem. We have lived in our home for 2.5 years and have never noticed any water in the basement. The home was built in 1870 and has...
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answersI am entertaining the idea of turning my crawlspace into a full basement. I was wondering if you have a list of people in NW Indiana/Chicago area that contract t...
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answersI am finishing my basement and want to install a drywall ceiling. Obviously, the load bearing walls run floor to the underside of the floor above, what is the be...
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answersMy girlfriend has a finished attic room with red cedar walls and ceiling. There seems to be a constant accumulation of grainy black stuff on the floors all th...
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answersThe standard 2-car garage is in front of our house (L-shaped house). We would like to add a basement under the garage. Can you give me a ROUGH idea of the cost ...
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