Tape a 1-foot by 1-foot square of plastic sheeting (plastic kitchen wrap will do) to the concrete wall in your basement with duct tape, and leave it in place for 24 hours. Then remove the tape and ...

Q: We are finishing off part of the basement into a utility room. The washer, dryer, and laundry tub are already there, with the plumbing anchored to the cement walls. We have framed in the walls ...

Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and wall business. Like most futurists who have the foresight to take on radical ideas, he ...

If your basement has concrete-block walls, look for holes where the mortar may be missing from between the blocks. Also, check for blocks that have a corner busted off, revealing a triangular ...

Never do you put forth poured concrete basement walls as a correction. I lived in Connecticut for many years, and our basements were cement. No dampness and no mildew, no water through the walls.

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 ...