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 ...

Q: My house foundation was poured on a sloping lot. I stopped by just after the forms were stripped from the foundation, and I think the foundation was poured too deep. The ground on one side of the ...

Let’s talk about foundation footers. They get their name from our own anatomy. Think about it. Your feet are the parts of your body that are normally in contact with the earth during waking hours.

Getting rid of water in a basement with persistent flooding issues is a special kind of problem. These types of floor drains can help. Welcome to Family Handyman’s Guide to Gorgeous Floors, where you ...

I was recently working in our basement and noted that our sump-pump was cycling several times each hour. It had been silent since midsummer last year due to dry conditions. The fact that it is pumping ...

Unless you live in the Atacama Desert, you need to deal with water in and around your home. Even if you live in an arid climate where rains only falls a few months of the year, you have to protect ...

I stopped by my new home construction site the night before the foundation footer was going to be poured to start to take photos. I saw several white pipes inside the forms and wondered what they were ...

Unless you live in the Atacama Desert, you need to deal with water in and around your home. Even if you live in an arid climate where rains only falls a few months of the year, you have to protect ...