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Keep Your Basement Dry With a Curtain Drain

If your house is under assult from groundwater, make perforated pipe your first line of defense by Eric Nelson

Q & A: Supporting a deck without attaching it to the houseOnline Membership Required

by John Spier

Q & A: Tiling over concrete cracksOnline Membership Required

by Tom Meehan

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

Tip: The dirt sledOnline Membership Required

by Bill Phillips

Tip: Preventing pier-form upliftOnline Membership Required

by Jonathan White

When Block Foundations Go BadOnline Membership Required

Steel bracing and improved drainage give new life to cracked and wet wallsby Donald V. Cohen

Fixing a House With a Bad FoundationOnline Membership Required

Helical piers go in like giant drywall screws to support a sinking house and a new additionby Jerry McSweeney, Eric McGaw

Q & A: Sealing exterior concrete slabsOnline Membership Required

by Rocky R. Geans

Q & A: Underpinning a foundationOnline Membership Required

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Q & A: Wet-wall woesOnline Membership Required

by R. Trevor Hilliard, Jr.

Q & A: Shakey, swayey deckOnline Membership Required

by Jim Thompson

Q & A: Battling a bulge in a foundation wallOnline Membership Required

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

Q & A: Replacing a sill on gradeOnline Membership Required

by George Nash

Tip: Spliced debris chuteOnline Membership Required

by Wesley Mulvin and Mary Schendlinger

Foundation DrainageOnline Membership Required

Retrofitting is doing it the hard wayby David Benaroya Helfant

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