The typical cost range to repair a bowing basement wall runs from $350 to $10,000, while the national average cost is $4,500. Some of the main factors that affect the cost of bowing basement wall ...

Dear Julianne: Many older houses were built before drywall panels existed, so plaster was one of the few interior wall options. Since your house obviously is old, it has probably settled as much as it ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A concrete basement floor often feels pretty stable (which it should), but we don't always appreciate that it's a dynamic structure subject to ...

Foundation problems are probably the biggest structural concern for any homeowner or potential buyer, so it’s no surprise that we tend to get a little panicky about seeing cracks in basement walls.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dealing with a damp basement is annoying enough, but seeing water leaking through cracks in the foundation or mortar joints can ...

Cracks in drywall are not uncommon and in many cases are nothing to be concerned about. There's plenty of mundane reasons for them — a house's foundations settle over a period of time, or the ...