The house we are buying has a strange area in the middle of an otherwise finished concrete floor in the unfinished basement. The rest of the basement is nice and smooth albeit 90 year old concrete, ...

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 ...

Q. We never had a problem in the basement of our 1930's house (no water to speak of) until a few years ago when we began to notice a strong musty smell, despite having a dehumidifier (albeit a very ...

Q: Our home, built in 1850, had a problem in the cellar because of the deterioration of the stone walls. Because we ignored the problem for a while, we accumulated several inches of damp dirt on the ...

Q: My house has a recurring basement water problem. It does not seem to be caused by misaligned gutters or clogs or too-short downspouts. Rather, the trouble stems from the cement sidewalk that runs ...

In the Pacific Northwest, keeping your basement dry is easier said than done. But local experts have some advice.

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 ...

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 ...

Q–I have a bare concrete floor in myy basement and I want to finish off and enclose one area as a bedroom. The cold concrete floor is dry and there is no dampness problem, but it is cold. I don’t want ...