Cracks, water intrusion, crawl space moisture, settlement, etc.
Insights, tips, and news to help you protect and maintain your home’s foundation and waterproofing systems.
English is a strange language with some bizarre pronunciations. Cereal and serial are pronounced the same way. Read and reed sometimes sound the same, but not if ‘read’ is in the past tense- then it sounds like ‘red.’ You may be wondering where I’m going with this… I’m not a contractor, or a builder. I’m […]
Originally posted 7/23/20, updated 12/15/22 Sometimes we find problems strictly by chance. Maybe you were weeding a flower bed and saw a crack in the foundation. Or you went to the basement to get your tennis racket out of storage, and discovered water trickling down the wall. Foundation cracks can happen anywhere, and for a […]
Originally posted 7/16/20, updated 12/15/22 Crawl Spaces are not warm, inviting places for humans to hang out. They’re often dark, crowded little locations with dirt floors. A crawl space is even worse if it’s inhabited by insects, pests, or animals. There is a great way to prevent that; encapsulation can turn a crawl space into […]
Originally posted 7/16/20, updated 12/15/22 When you’re a kid, sliding across a hardwood floor in your socks is fun. And let’s be honest, sometimes it’s fun when you’re an adult, too! But what is NOT fun is being forced to wear socks because both your floor and your feet are freezing. Insulation is supposed to […]
Originally posted 7/9/20; updated 9/14/23 In the Midwest, it’s not unusual to have the air conditioning on at the start of a day, only to switch over to heat at the end of it (or vice versa). This is particularly common in the spring and fall when a major cold/hot front can roll through the […]
At some point in the last few years, making your own “slime” became a hobby for kids. There are kits sold in stores, along with many, many DIY recipes online. I’m too fussy (prissy is more accurate) to think this is anything but nasty. You’re welcome to disagree with me; even my youngest niece thinks […]
I’m going to break one of my ground rules, and make some assumptions about you. You’re here because you have a bowed wall in your basement or crawl space. You recognize the urgency of this, and you are actively trying to determine how to fix it. Maybe you’ve done some research on your own or […]
Originally posted 7/2/2020, updated 2/25/2021 Long before COVID-19 upset my apple cart, I was paranoid about having strangers in my house. My home is my sanctuary, where I feel comfortable and at ease, protected from the stress of the outside world. I don’t invite people over very often, and I’m highly selective when I do. […]
Originally posted 6/25/20, updated 12/15/22 You’re a good homeowner. You clean your gutters, change the filters in your furnace, check the batteries in the smoke detectors, all the usual smart preventative measures. But then you find water in your basement or crawl space. Now what? If you’re like most of us, you go online and […]
Recently, several clients have asked our team to compare our competitors’ warranties to the ones we provide. When one of our project managers mentioned this to me, I agreed to tackle the topic. But when I started researching and writing this article, it turned out to be a lot more frustrating than I expected. Here […]
