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Skills and TechniquesInsulation and Weatherizing | Water and Moisture Control | Framing | Masonry

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Keep Your Basement Dry With a Curtain Drain 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

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Sealing a CrawlspaceOnline Membership Required

Close the vents and let a heavy-duty vapor barrier keep moisture, mold and radon out of the living space by Larry Janesky

The dirt sled
Tip: The dirt sled

by Bill Phillips

Preventing pier-form uplift
Tip: Preventing pier-form uplift

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 hand by William Anthony

Fixes for Damp, Moldy Houses
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Fixes for Damp, Moldy HousesOnline Membership Required

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

When Block Foundations Go BadOnline Membership Required

Steel bracing and improved drainage give new life to cracked and wet walls by 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 addition by Jerry McSweeney, Eric McGaw

Q & A: Sealing exterior concrete slabs

by Rocky R. Geans

Q & A: Underpinning a foundation

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Q & A: Wet-wall woes

by R. Trevor Hilliard, Jr.

Q & A: Battling a bulge in a foundation wall

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

Q & A: Rectifying a rotted girder

by George Nash

Q & A: Replacing a sill on grade

by George Nash

Dowsing for water lines
Tip: Dowsing for water lines

by Dennis T. Harbison

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