Recent content by Sparky85

The french drain is internal , sorry should have clarified that in my first post. If the slab goes as deep as the rest of the house it is probably near a couple feet down from there. The garage is insulated and sheet rocked, with the exception of the bottom 3' which is just exposed cinder block...

I can't really remember back 15 or 20 years, but I think that corner may have started to crack like that a long time ago from the frost heaves. I know the cracks in the garage floor started about that long ago, now the area of the garage is raised about a 1/2" or so. About 1/2-2/3 of the house...

I need some advice on what to do with a few foundation issues on my parent's home. I own a property maintenance business, but this is kind of outside my bubble of knowledge. This is on a early/mid 1970's raised ranch built on a cinder-block foundation. The basement has a french drain around...

A friend had a crack in their basement and asked if I could help. After a lot if research I decided to go with an expanding 2-part foam from RadonSeal.com (Radonseal being the brand) because it seemed to get good reviews. If i didn't feel confident in doing this repair I would have just said...