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Blowing dirt is getting into their homes and damaging their lawns. Looking out her window Ellen Dirnberger cringes with every gust of wind because it brings a wall of dirt with it.
Q. I'm writing in regards to your article about getting water running away from the house. It sounds like just what I need. My house is 60 years old, in good shape and is well kept up, but for the ...
Over several days, they shoveled dirt into buckets and hauled it up and out of the basement via a bucket brigade. They also removed all the mortar-covered cinderblocks.
Q: I have an older home with a bothersome smell. After maneuvering into the dirt crawl space under the house, a broken pipe was discovered. It had probably been leaking sewage for one or two months.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The return of the wind is bad news for some Sioux Falls homeowners near Ben Reifel Middle School on the eastern edge of town. Dirt is blowing off nearby fields and … ...
Groundwater has a way of finding a route through any barrier, even concrete and block foundations. The culprit is called hydrostatic pressure. With wet dirt on one side and a basement or crawl spac… ...
Water getting into your basement? What you should do ASAP. 2-4 inches of rain often mean water in basements ... which may be clogged with dirt and sticks after a month of winter weather.
A sandy situation is getting cleaned up on the west side.The contractor for a construction site at Interstate 40 and 98th Street said he's going to put up more fencing to keep the sand and dirt ...
The rest of the basement is nice and smooth albeit 90 year old concrete, with a drain, etc, but there is this strange 6′ x 10′ or so area right in the middle over to one side that is dirt. You can ...
Horse falls into owners' basement SUN COUNTY MEADOWS, Colo., July 20 (UPI) -- Authorities in Colorado said it took about 4 hours to free a horse that fell into a window well and into a basement ...