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Just built the house 1.5 years ago. Brick, mortar and gutters are in excellent shape. But I do see areas on the brick where water runs down it thicker than other areas just because of the way the rain hits it. The gutter installers did not originally install kick-out flashing where the ends of...

I have always heard, even when in the home building business 20 years ago, that you should never seal the brick on the outside of your house because the brick needs to be able to breathe. Common sense tells me I SHOULD seal it because brick is so porous. We just had several days of heavy rains...

I know this thread is a bit old, but I've been doing some research on this topic as we just finished out a walk-in attic space and added two air vents in the ceiling. We did not originally add a return in the room, but I see now that we are going to have to add one. the room is 15x12.5. Too much...

We don't ever get standing water under the house. Sure, the dirt under there may feel a tad damp at times, but it's never really even gotten what I would consider muddy. I just want to cover it up with a good layer of material as I figured exposed dirt under the house is never a good idea. Also...

I've been looking at and posting about the things that companies like Cleanspace do for the crawlspace under houses. I want to get soe of your opinions on what I plan to do to my crawlspace. I have a sloped lot, so my crawlspace goes fro about 6ft. in the fron to about 2.5ft at the back of the...

This is a very interesting thread. I will be pulling my master toilet today. It is located upstairs. Two days ago I noticed a water spot on the ceiling of the downstairs bedroom. The spot is in the corner of the room right at the seam where the top of the wall meets the ceiling. We stopped using...