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Feb 19, 2017 • By Matthew Stock with Mike Likvan.

Fight­ing base­ment mois­ture can be an ongo­ing bat­tle. This area of your home is sur­round­ed by moist soil and by base­ment walls that do lit­tle to keep that mois­ture out...

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Dec 7, 2016 • By Matthew Stock with Mike Likvan.

Your foun­da­tion walls are designed to sup­port the weight of your house and to resist mois­ture that’s sur­round­ing them. When foun­da­tions work, you get to live in a sta­ble and dry...

Tags: basement waterproofing facts, foundation cracks, basement waterproofing solutions, foundation repairs

May 10, 2016 • By Matthew Stock with Mike Likvan.

Rain bar­rels are a way some home­own­ers use to save mon­ey by cap­tur­ing rain to water their gar­dens and lawns and wash their cars. But there’s anoth­er side to these con­tain­ers that...

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Apr 25, 2016 • By Matthew Stock with Mike Likvan.

If you’ve noticed seep­age in your base­ment and are won­der­ing what is the best way to han­dle it, this arti­cle is for you. With so many options to pick from, it...

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Apr 18, 2016 • By Matthew Stock with Mike Likvan.

Your sump pump is the heart of your home’s ground water drainage sys­tem. If it fails you’re only one storm away from a poten­tial­ly expen­sive flood­ed base­ment. This is why it’s...

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Feb 27, 2013 • By Matthew Stock.

Lake Gene­va, WI is well known as a friend­ly resort town on the shores of Gene­va Lake that is a pop­u­lar week­end des­ti­na­tion for vis­i­tors from Mil­wau­kee, Chica­go and else­where who...

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Nov 26, 2012 • By Matthew Stock.

This blog is ded­i­cat­ed to edu­cat­ing the pub­lic about base­ment water­proof­ing. In it we talk about drain tile, exte­ri­or water­proof­ing mem­branes, sump pumps, crack injec­tion, prop­er yard drainage and all...

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Sep 3, 2012 • By Matthew Stock.

Today, my friends, Base­ment Mat­ters achieves a mile­stone – this is our 100th post! That’s 100 infor­ma­tive, edu­ca­tion­al arti­cles designed to make you a bet­ter, more edu­cat­ed con­sumer of base­ment water­proof­ing ser­vices...

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Aug 23, 2012 • By Matthew Stock.

So you’ve decid­ed to take the plunge and add some bad­ly need­ed liv­ing space to your home by fin­ish­ing the base­ment. You’ve drawn up a plan, set a bud­get and hired a con­trac­tor. You’re all set...

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Aug 21, 2012 • By Matthew Stock.

OK, I real­ize the head­line of this post sounds like the title of a new Indi­ana Jones movie but, sor­ry Indy fans; it’s just about keep­ing your base­ment dry. Now that the film...

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