Special Basement Systems to Solve Crawl Space Moisture Problems
April 27, 2011 by drewloupsen
Filed under House And Home
It does not much matter what sort of a crawl space you have under your home, if you live in a wet climate, you can end up having contaminated air out of your space infiltrating your residence. This air smells musty, and it’s full of mold spores. Even when the crawl space area has concrete [...]
Dealing With The Horrors Of An Old, Leaking Basement
January 18, 2011 by drewloupsen
Filed under House And Home
I’m thinking of a place where it is dim, gloomy, wet, and musty, and it is not a haunted house. No, it is an old, leaky basement. You already know what I’m talking about. It is the kind of environment where mold spores float through the air, mildew coats pipes and cardboard boxes, and you [...]
Handling Basement Water Damage
October 18, 2010 by drewloupsen
Filed under House And Home
For several years we lived in a home having a basement that flooded whenever there was too much rain, mainly because city storm sewers were inadequate to take care of the run-off. The first time we found this problem was when my child was just a week old, and my husband arrived and woke me [...]
Waterproof Your Basement The Easy Way
February 27, 2010 by drewloupsen
Filed under House And Home
Sometimes we become aware of leaks at the worst time – when the rains pour. The concept of waterproofing is based on the premise that all structures, whether a house or a building, should be weathertight. This means that the structure should be able to withstand whatever weather occurs, especially during the rainy season. In [...]
