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Dear Jerry: I read your columns weekly and enjoy them, but your recent series on wet or damp basements made me want to contact you. Weekly on the radio I hear about this problem and the answer is the ...

Q: I just bought my first house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the poured concrete walls. It’s got an aluminum foil face on ...

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MIDLAND — A crane lifted concrete walls off of a flat bed truck, swinging them around a group of builders, contractors and interested spectators and onto a gravel foundation as Greystone Homes ...

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Question: In a conversation with a builder last week, I was asked how I plan to provide a foundation that meets the minimum requirements for insulation. My initial response was “Why?”, since we’ve ...

This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

The right basement flooring shouldn’t just look great—it also needs to be able to ensure the unique conditions that come with ...