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Site Work and Foundations

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Another Way to Build a Shear Wall Q & A: Another Way to Build a Shear Wall

by Jim Nichols

Protect Your Home With a Basic Seismic Retrofit
Protect Your Home With a Basic Seismic RetrofitOnline Membership Required

Strengthening a home in earthquake country means anchoring it to its foundation and adding site-built shear walls by Thor Matteson

How to outsmart a rock

by Warner Bradley

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

An Energy-Smart Foundation in Two Days
An Energy-Smart Foundation in Two DaysOnline Membership Required

A compacted gravel footing is the only prep work required, and you don't have to wait for the weather by Tim Robinson

Reducing the risk of cracks in concrete slabs
Q & A: Reducing the risk of cracks in concrete slabs

by Larry Haun

A Solid Deck Begins with Concrete Piers
A Solid Deck Begins with Concrete Piers

Build this simple foundation with basic tools and ingredients by Rick Arnold

Q & A: Retro footing

by Christopher F. DeBlois

Q & A: Frost vs. pier foundation

by Lynn S. Hayward

Start with BatterboardsOnline Membership Required

Ensure a square, level building project from the get-go by Jim Blodgett

Footing and Foundation in One PourOnline Membership Required

For small projects, you can save time and money if you form and pour everything at once by Jim Blodgett

Sealing a Crawlspace
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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

Q & A: Adding on to a stone foundation

by Rick Arnold

Q & A: Precise location of foundation bolts

by John Spier

The dirt sled
Tip: The dirt sled

by Bill Phillips

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