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The village of Bourbonnais took its name from a French fur trapper who first settled the area in the early 19th century. The French influence in the village remained strong even through its incorporation in 1875 with a mayor named LeTourneau and founding trustees with the names Sequin, LaMontagne...
Chicago is often described as a “city of neighborhoods” and our neighborhoods are distinguishable from those in many big cities in that the predominant type of residence is the single-family home. Although these homes are built in many styles – bungalows, cottages, brownstones, etc. – they all have one thing...
Kankakee, IL is a small city of 27,000 located on the banks of the Kankakee River about 60 miles south of Chicago. Outside northern Illinois, the city is probably best known for its prominent mention in the hit song “City of New Orleans,” where writer Steve Goodman remembers “the...
When something breaks or malfunctions around the house, the response of most homeowners is to call “the guy.” The guy can be the handyman who fixed the fence in the backyard last year or the electrician who hung a new chandelier in the dining room. Sometimes the guy is a...
Regardless of where you live, there’s water in the ground. OK, if you’re in Arizona or the Gobi Desert, that water’s pretty deep underground and there’s probably not a lot of it. However, if you’re in an area with moderate topography, reasonable rainfall and a few lakes and rivers, ground...
If most homeowners were given a word association test, their response to “water leak” might likely be “plumber.” In many cases, they’d be right. Plumbers fix leaking pipes, leaking drains and leaking fixtures like sinks and toilets. What they don’t do is fix leaking basements. Plumbers are skilled tradespeople. To become...
One of the most common places to find water in a residential basement is in a puddle right next to the wall. This doesn’t happen because the wall itself is leaking water or because the basement floor has low points around the edges. It occurs with frequency because of a...
Many homeowners think that the way to keep their basement dry is to plug up holes and seal things, which has resulted in products like hydraulic cement, waterproofing paint and various sealants, some even in aerosol cans, being used with little success. There certainly is a value to sealing components...
Discovering water in the basement is something every homeowner dreads. Depending on the severity of the problem, it can mean a lot of work in hauling out soggy boxes, drying rugs and furniture or just cleaning up the puddle. Then, there are the questions that arise in the aftermath –...
One of the keys to a dry basement is to keep excess water out of the area surrounding the foundation. Typically, a zone of at least ten feet around the foundation consists of soil that was excavated during the construction of the house that remains more porous than the...
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