Foundation Maintenance
Our foundation maintenance tips can help you keep your home cost efficient, safe & cozy.
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7 Critical Problems in Your Crawl Space That Need Attention
If your foundation rests on a crawl space, here are seven critical issues that could jeopardize your home and how to resolve them.
How to Repair Cracked Foundation Stucco
Stucco looks great and provides a protective barrier for masonry surfaces. However, improperly applied, it will pop off and expose the material it’s designed to hide. When a homeowner started noticing his foundation stucco cracking, he called mason Mark McCullough for help.
What Does Foundation Repair Cost?
Wall cracks, basement leaks, slanted floors, and bowing walls can all be signs of problems with your home’s foundation. Here’s a look at the cost of getting your foundation repaired.
Foundation Cracks: What Is Normal and When to Worry
Learn about how foundation cracks can affect your home and how to evaluate any significant issues in your foundation.
How To Repoint and Prevent Further Damage to a Fieldstone Foundation
Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough repoints a homeowner's crumbling fieldstone foundation and explains how you can do the same.
How to Repoint a Brick Foundation
Replacing crumbling, missing mortar with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva.
How To Repair a Crack in a Concrete Foundation
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to fix a crack in a home's foundation to avoid further issues.
How To Repoint a Stone Foundation
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva demonstrates how to repoint a stone foundation by saving a crumbling mortared-rock wall.
Rising Above in Coastal Flood Zones
To survive the next big storm, more and more houses will need a lift. It's a smart move seen around the country—and in the Spring 2013 season of This Old House.
