Q. Our house, built in the 1920s, has basement walls made of telephone tile (a type of clay blocks). We have quite a bit of seepage with rain. My husband wants to solve this problem by having interior ...

United Structural Systems of Illinois, is expanding its waterproofing and basement repair services in Naperville and beyond.

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 ...

Basement waterproofing is no joke. Whether it's a soaked finished basement, or an unfinished basement with persistent leaks, water in the basement presents an immediate and stressful problem. You ...

Q: When it rains, I have a problem in my basement. After the earth is saturated, water enters through the foundation. I have an attached house and live on a hill. We have two bedrooms and a bath in ...

Water drainage is misunderstood by many homeowners, builders, YouTube personalities and building inspectors, if my email in-box is any indicator. I’ve lost count of the thousands of drainage help ...

The wet spot, the wet basement, the muck hole, the downspout, just to name a few. They all have one thing in common: excess water. And with these scenarios come the wet foot, the muddy shoe, the ...

Q. I live in a 1950s ranch house with a full basement. An architect’s old drawing of the house shows a cistern (a holding tank for rainwater, etc.) under the basement floor at one end. There is tile ...

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 last house.