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Leaning Foundation Walls and When to Straighten Them
Here in the Greater Chicagoland Area, there are two main types of foundation walls — poured concrete and concrete block. Both are widely used and can be severely damaged by soil...
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Rain Barrel Problems – 3 Things To Consider Before You Buy
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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Who Can Repair a Cracked Foundation in Chicago?
So, you’ve spotted a crack, or maybe a few cracks in your basement walls. You’re not sure how long they’ve been there and they don’t look too serious, so you stash them...
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Chicago Exterior Crack Repair – Sodium Bentonite Stops Seepage
As long as homes have had basements, homeowners have been dealing with seepage. As soon as a builder digs a hole in the ground and builds a foundation in it, ground water goes...
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Why Foundation Crack Repair isn’t Harmful for Chicago Basements
We have written frequently here about repairing cracks in basement walls, especially those non-structural cracks that lead to basement seepage. It’s a quick and cost-effective practice that permanently stops the infiltration...
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Basement Waterproofing Chicago – Foundation Crack Repair
There are many sources of water seepage in a basement and some will occur only in basements of a particular construction. For example, in a foundation built of concrete block, as is often found...
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Signs of Foundation Problems – Structural vs. Non-structural Wall Cracks
In the basement waterproofing business we talk a lot about cracks. Cracks in poured concrete basement walls and cracks in basement floors are both sources of seepage that create basement water...
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Basement Waterproofing Problems: DIY Foundation Crack Repair
You noticed a while ago that there’s a small foundation wall crack in your basement and you’ve been meaning to look into getting it fixed. Even with the best intentions, nothing got done...
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Why Epoxy Injection Foundation Crack Repairs Often Fail
The most common cause of basement water seepage in poured concrete foundations is a vertical crack. While repairing cracks from the exterior was the original remedy, the most common repair method today...
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Foundation Crack Repair Methods — Epoxy vs. Urethane Injection
Ever since poured concrete has been used to form foundation walls, cracks have been a main source of wall seepage. Cracks happen for a lot of reasons — foundation settling, external vibrations...
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