If you find that the air in your basement in wet and damp, you might have a big problem on your hands. In fact, your basement may not be usable anymore and is damaging anything you might have kept stored there. Continue reading →
When you find a puddle in your basement, you would naturally think that you must have a basement leak from the foundation walls. However, when your basement is unfinished with no evidence of a leaking crack and you still find water on the floor, what should you think? Believe it or not, the water might be coming up through your basement floor instead. Continue reading →
Are you planning to get your basement waterproof anytime soon? There are a few weather conditions you should keep in mind before making the date. Continue reading →
When you are selling your home, you are bound to worry about whether certain areas or fixtures might end up turning away potential buyers. While there are certain flaws a buyer could easily overlook, a leaky basement is one problem you should have fixed even if you are no longer planning to live there anymore. Continue reading →
If your home doesn’t have a basement and the floor isn’t flush with the ground, you most likely have a crawl space. A crawl space is a spare couple of feet that separate the first floor of a house from the ground, mostly for a little insulation and to have room to run pipes and wires beneath the floor, and while a few vents come standard to provide air circulation, they aren’t exactly the best solution to the problem of water evaporation. Continue reading →
Outside of deserts and a few perfect climates scattered around the globe, humidity is always a factor when it comes to summer heat. However, it hits some places harder than others. The American South, for instance, regularly deals with heat and humidity that makes it hard to do much more than sit on the porch drinking an ice-cold beverage. That, or stay inside with the air conditioner on at full blast. Continue reading →
Water is everywhere. It covers roughly 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, and the human body is around 70 percent water by weight. Life couldn’t exist without liquid water, and the UN considers fresh, clean water to be a basic human right. Continue reading →
Mold is a very tenacious form of life. Its spores are all around us, indoors and out, and it only needs a little bit of moisture to start growing. However, a significant water leak can lead to more than just mold infesting your basement or crawlspace. Continue reading →
A foundation is something that should last forever. It doesn’t, since nothing lasts forever, but it should at least last for several decades before showing signs of age, signs like cracks, buckling, and warping. And since foundations should last forever, homeowners often start to worry when these signs first start to appear. Many feel they need to replace it right away or risk compromising their house and watching their property value sink like a stone. Continue reading →
Sometimes a mold problem is just on the surface. You spray on an appropriate cleaning fluid, scrub at the dark spots, and boom, problem solved. If you can stay on top of keeping your home clean and don’t have any problems with leaks or condensation, mold doesn’t have to be a major problem. Continue reading →
