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What To Know About Drain Tile

If you have excessive moisture entering your basement through the walls or floor, it’s likely a groundwater issue. The first ...
Q. Our house, built in the 1920s, has basement walls made of telephone tile (a type of clay blocks). We have quite a bit of seepage with rain. My husband wants to solve this problem by having interior ...
DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my ...
Water drainage is misunderstood by many homeowners, builders, YouTube personalities and building inspectors, if my email in-box is any indicator. I’ve lost count of the thousands of drainage help ...
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A Homeowner’s Guide to Sump Pumps

Fortunately for modern homeowners, technology came to the rescue in the late 1940s with the development of the sump pump.
Milwaukeeans are still recovering the storms that caused widespread flooding last August. As many homes wait for their FEMA check and insurance money, one basement repair company ...
WATERLOO | The city is ramping up its plumbing education efforts as it prepares to start a foundation drain disconnection program. Building Official Craig Clark said his department began fielding many ...
My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my last house.