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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

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

Retrofitting a FoundationOnline Membership Required

Digging and pouring a foundation with the house suspended in the air require patience, great subs and a little sleight of handby William Anthony

Editors PickFixes for Damp, Moldy HousesOnline Membership Required

Drying the foundation and sealing air leaks make houses durable and healthyby Fred Lugano

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: Battling a bulge in a foundation wallOnline Membership Required

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

Q & A: Rectifying a rotted girderOnline Membership Required

by George Nash

Q & A: Replacing a sill on gradeOnline Membership Required

by George Nash

Tip: Dowsing for water linesOnline Membership Required

by Dennis T. Harbison

Taking a Load OffOnline Membership Required

Three basic shoring techniques for making structural repairsby W. Whitie Gray

Tip: Foundation-wall reinforcementOnline Membership Required

by Donald L. Anderson

Foundation DrainageOnline Membership Required

Retrofitting is doing it the hard wayby David Benaroya Helfant

Cracked FoundationsOnline Membership Required

Prevention is easier than repairby Kip Park

Tip: Tunneling under slabsOnline Membership Required

by Bruce Goodell

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