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Autumn is when most Canadian basement-finishing campaigns begin. Unfortunately, many homeowners pay big money to have their basements finished, only to end up with substantially lower indoor air ...

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Here’s a daunting question for homeowners from Doug Cornwell, Alure Home Improvements’ chief operating officer: “Did you ever walk down into your dark and dingy basement?” Cornwell asks. If the answer ...

Last week I began a reply to D.C. about how best to finish a portion of his basement. The house is about a year old, so my first concern was that he make absolutely certain that there are not water ...

Ashlyn is one of Forbes Home's in-house writers and a former civil engineer-turned content writer with over six years experience. Until recently, Ashlyn focused on creating content for Forbes Home as ...

This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...