I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...

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There are many types of flooring for your home, however, what's the best flooring material for a basement when you're dealing with a dirt floor? Of course, you can leave it the way it is, provided you ...

Basements are notorious for letting in cold air, leading to higher heating costs. Draft-proofing your basement is a vital ...

Nobody wants to spend good money to heat the outdoors. But that’s what you could be doing if your house has excessive air leaks. The more air that flows in through little cracks, holes and gaps in ...

I am considering buying a wood frame house in Brooklyn with a dirt floor in the basement, but want to get an idea of just how much of an undertaking it would be to finish the floor. I have three ...

Groundwater has a way of finding a route through any barrier, even concrete and block foundations. The culprit is called hydrostatic pressure. With wet dirt on one side and a basement or crawl space ...