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An Energy-Smart Foundation in Two Days Online Membership Required

A compacted gravel footing is the only prep work required, and you don't have to wait for the weather

Q & A: Reducing the risk of cracks in concrete slabsOnline Membership Required

by Larry Haun

Q & A: Retro footingOnline Membership Required

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Q & A: Frost vs. pier foundationOnline Membership Required

by Lynn S. Hayward

Footing and Foundation in One PourOnline Membership Required

For small projects, you can save time and money if you form and pour everything at onceby Jim Blodgett

Editors PickSealing a CrawlspaceOnline Membership Required

Close the vents and let a heavy-duty vapor barrier keep moisture, mold and radon out of the living spaceby Larry Janesky

Q & A: Adding on to a stone foundationOnline Membership Required

by Rick Arnold

Q & A: Precise location of foundation boltsOnline Membership Required

by John Spier

Tip: The dirt sledOnline Membership Required

by Bill Phillips

An Addition FoundationOnline Membership Required

Grafting the right foundation onto a house that's neither square nor levelby Rick Arnold

Tip: Sandbags as concrete-form anchorsOnline Membership Required

by Christopher T. Gale

Q & A: Treating a crawlspace as a basementOnline Membership Required

by William B. Rose

Editors PickKeeping a Basement Dry

Waterproofing the foundation walls is only the first step; you also need a system of drains around the foundation that silt won't render uselessby Larry Janesky

Working With RebarOnline Membership Required

The bones beneath concrete's muscle, rebar has to be cut, bent and tied properly to do its jobby Howard Stein

Tip: Preventing pier-form upliftOnline Membership Required

by Jonathan White

Building a House of Insulated Concrete BlockOnline Membership Required

Dry-laid walls reinforced with steel and filled with concrete make a weathertight, bugproof houseby Fred Leadbeater

Q & A: Moisture in a concrete-block crawlspaceOnline Membership Required

by Fred Lugano

Insulated Concrete FormsOnline Membership Required

Assembled with regular building skills, ICFs form airtight, insulating concrete walls that finish with standard materialsby Andy Engel

Editors PickForming and Pouring FoundationsOnline Membership Required

They hold up the house, hold back the earth and keep out the water. If they're not level and square, you may end up custom-cutting every rafter.by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

Editors PickForming and Pouring FootingsOnline Membership Required

Fill up a trench with concrete -- what's to know? If a house is going to stand on those little sidewalks, they'd better be straight, level and correctly placed.by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

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