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French Drain: Effective Basement Waterproofing?
Language can be a funny thing. Among people who speak the same language and maybe even live in the same city, there may several different ways to refer to the same object. For...
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Hydrostatic Pressure and Why a Basement Leaks
When we first became homeowners, we knew that certain pressures came with the job – paying the mortgage, fixing things that break or replacing things that really break. We probably...
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What is Drain Tile 101 | How Drain Tile Works
YOU NEED DRAIN TILE! This is a common sentiment that homeowners hear when they have water in their basement. Sometimes you are told by a friend who had a Drain Tile System...
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French Drain — So What the Heck is It?
A French Drain is a mysterious solution for waterproofing a basement or foundation, rarely understood by homeowners and contractors alike. The origins of the French Drain system coincidentally has nothing to do with the...