Q: After all the rains, I finally decided to check my foundation to see if there was any water. I was surprised to find several pools of water and even more surprised to see black mold and rot on the ...

Q: I live on a low-lying lot. My crawl space is always wet, even though I have a dehumidifier and a sump pump down there. People have suggested I use French drains; one said exterior ones, another ...

I’ve got a chronic problem with water entering the 4-foot tall crawlspace under the duplex I live in. This year has been bad with all the rain we’re having. We installed a swale, but that has not ...

Q. I recently discovered about 3 to 4 inches of standing water under my house. I pumped out the water and removed the plastic sheets that covered the ground so the soil can dry out. Once the ground is ...

Q. Our house is 39 years old with a 4-foot-deep crawl space. We have a mold problem in several places on the wood-base plates, where it meets the concrete foundation. We have been advised by ...

The damage happening beneath your feet right now might shock you.

One of the major concerns homeowners have during winter is frozen pipes. In Colorado Springs, Colo., when winter sets in it not only causes temperatures to plummet, but it also threatens to freeze ...

Q. After all the rains last season, I finally decided to check my foundation to see if there was any water. I was surprised to find several pools of water and even more surprised to see black mold and ...