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We're having our kitchen tiled. We've been given the choice of Fiberock or Ditra xl underlay, with a strong preference for the Fiberock by the supplier. Can anyone explain what would make it a better choice over the Ditra, or has anyone worked with it? Thanks in advance.

Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply.

Actually the laundry room is under the porch, and the storage room is partially under the garage. It looks like there's a bit of separation from the floor of the porch and the side of the house. I did notice that there is a long crack in the wall of the storage room on the inside wall that is...

I haven't seen any shifting transferred to the bedroom, the door is still square in the frame. I do check regularly for cracks in the drywall.

It's a free hold townhouse, so no HOA. Thanks for the suggestion of checking with the neighbors. Didn't even think of that

Yes, I know who the builder is, but they are no longer in business.

OK, here goes, wood structure, brick exterior. The storage room under the garage is concrete. I'm in Ottawa, Canada, so yes we have freezing in the winter. The front porch is under one of the bedrooms. As far as other homes go I don't know what conditions they may be in on the inside. My...

My neighbors on either side of me have some cracking where the garages meet the house, but not as much as mine. All 6 homes though have sinking and buckling driveways.

The drainage seems good. I clean the gutters yearly because the neighbor has a large maple tree that hangs over my property. I do know that the subdivision is built on swamp land though.

There are some cracks on the inside walls, but nothing that looks scary right now. Just a small seam at the front entrance.

Thank you for your advice. I really don't know what to do about this.

I've added a few pictures cause who doesn't love a story with pictures :) The cracks at the roofline and the floor of the porch are where the garage meet. Also the frame of the front door has started to pull away from the house. The more I say the more I'm freaking myself out :)

Hi, I live in one of two middle units of a 6 home townhouse block. I have a full single garage that juts out from the main house building which shares a wall with one of my neighbors. A couple of years ago I noticed a crack in the bricks where the garage joins to the front of the house at...

yes...lesson learned. I'm afraid this experience has put me off the plant, and my neighbor too :)

i agree, they are very pretty flowers but really don't fit in with my garden theme, which I've worked for years at. The vine creeps over the fence and onto my grasses, and has actually dwarfed my garden. my neighbor has cut back the plant quite a bit this year so it's not nearly as heavy a...

thank you Scott, from what i can see it's a very resilient plant. i'm still pulling out seedlings from my garden, but at least now i have hope.

i live in a townhouse and have a rather small backyard that i have put an awful lot of work into. my one neighbor decided to plant morning glory along a shared fence and before i knew it i had a majority of the plant growing through the slats and over the top of the fence and into my garden...

thanks for the response. eventually we can look at running the pipe outside, but i live in a townhouse, which limits which direction we can run the pipe. if i go one way i cut right through my daughters bedroom and the other way cuts right across the basement to the only other outside wall...

i think i have the pictures attached, not sure. i wasn't expecting a reply so soon but glad you did. the pipe into the floor was installed last year when the new unit was bought. hope these help.

Hi all, i had a new AC installed last year. i noticed that after the unit had been running non-stop for a few weeks i had a small pool of water forming at the drain pipe site. it wasn't much at all and didn't last for long. (should have done something about it then) in comparison to last...