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The elements take their toll on houses during the winter months. Ice storms, freezing temperatures, sleet and snow can...

If there is water outside of a basement window, it will most likely leak into the basement. There are more...

Mold requires organic material to grow, such as wood or other building materials in your home, along with high relative...

Let’s face it—nobody wants to buy a home with a wet basement. Buyers expect basements to be dry, and if...

Stack effect is the movement of air into and out of buildings, chimneys, or other containers, resulting from air buoyancy....

Due to what’s known as the “stack effect,” air flows upward into the upper levels of the home from the...

Maintain gutters and downspouts. The weight of ice and snow buildup on gutters can cause gutters to pull away from the...

If you’re considering solving your wet basement problem by digging up the earth outside your home, waterproofing the walls, and...

Downspouts don’t always have to be big, ugly contraptions that stretch across your lawn. One option is to bury pipes...

If you have doorways or stairways that are outside, installing a trench drain is extremely important. A trench drain is...

Have you ever found yourself sneezing more inside than you do when you are outside? If this sounds like you...

Driving home one evening, the serpentine belt on the motor of my van broke. Wham! Pow! Bam! The power steering went out...

A flooded window well will allow water to leak into your basement around the frame, run down the wall, and...

Slab settlement has several different causes including drying of the soil under the slab, washout of the soil, or poor...

WaterGuard is a drainage system designed specifically to prevent clogging. It is an extremely efficient, long-lasting basement waterproofing system that...

A dirt crawl space is very unhealthy for a home. The earth has high humidity and this water vapor can...

The single pump does a decent job of getting the water out, but then it rains a bunch and can't...

Everyone loves a little sunlight, why shouldn't you get to enjoy it in your basement? Sometimes the basement window wells...

Street Creep is the expansion and contraction of the concrete pavement that surrounds a home. Concrete expands when it’s hot...

To rid your crawl space of its humidity problem you need to get the best systems to make sure your...

A humid crawl space is the last thing you want in your house. Humidity not only makes us sweat, but...