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Your basement. Whether it’s finished or unfinished, used or unused, neat or messy, there’s one thing you always need from it – to be dry. Obviously, if your basement is finished, keeping it dry is essential but, as many Chicago homeowners don’t realize, it’s every bit as important when...
We recently met a homeowner who had suffered some serious foundation damage to his home. His foundation was dropping significantly and had apparently been doing so for a number of years. He had declined to have the foundation repaired after an inspection by another company a few years ago...
Kenosha, to the surprise of some who don’t live there, is a pretty big town. In fact, it’s the 4th largest city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, behind only Chicago, Milwaukee and Green Bay in size. Numbering nearly 100,000, Kenosha residents present a fairly typical picture of...
This post marks the 200th edition of “Basement Matters,” the blog designed to educate homeowners and consumers about basement waterproofing and foundation repair. With an estimated average of 750 words per post, that’s 150,000 words of solid information on issues important to homeowners everywhere. Considering that the average novel...
Chicago’s been around a long time, approaching 200 years. Somebody’s cow burned the place down once but that just gave Chicagoans a chance to start over and build the world class city on the shores of Lake Michigan that it is today. Chicago’s oldest homes, dating from the 1830’s...
Many homes in the Midwest, including in Milwaukee and northwest Indiana, are sitting on foundations constructed of concrete block. During housing booms, concrete block becomes popular with builders because they can build a foundation quickly and move on to the aboveground structure faster than they can with poured concrete. A...
One of the sure signs of the arrival of spring in the Midwest, more reliable than robins, crocuses or Opening Day of baseball season, is water. Snow melts, rain falls and things get soggy for a while and all this moisture often leads to basement water problems in Munster...
Lincoln Park, home of DePaul University, is one of Chicago’s best known North Side neighborhoods and a very desirable area to call home. Decidedly urban, Lincoln Park features a wide variety of housing, from vintage graystones and brick mansions to early 20th Century frame houses to brand new townhomes. Regardless...
Everybody knows about Chicago winters. The wind howls, the lake freezes, the snow piles up, kitchen chairs appear in parking spots, right? Well, not always. Some winters here are actually fairly mild and snowfall can range from the Blizzard of 2010 – 11 to the almost snow-free winter the...
You’ve begun to notice things, things around the house that just don’t seem right. Windows stick when you try to open or close them. Doors are jammed shut or won’t close at all. Cracks in the drywall are radiating from the corners of windows and doors. You venture into the...
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