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 ...

You first dig and shovel the dirt out, preferably until the substrate feels solid and compact. After this, lay several inches of gravel to prevent water from rising into the basement floor.

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.

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… ...

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.

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.

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 … ...