Basements are untapped resources in many homes. You can finish a basement, transforming it into a living room, home office, teen's bedroom, or a dream entertainment room or home gym. You can even turn ...

For Paul Wagner, owner of Comprehensive Mold Management in Rochester, it’s one of the most common questions he gets. Wagner says it comes down to two main problems: too much humidity, and ground-water ...

Q. I want to get your input on the correct way to finish, in this case refinish, a basement. I believe the previous owners missed one or two critical steps, causing mold to grow on the backside of the ...

Finding more space for storage, bedrooms and a place to hang out in your home can seem like an impossible task. But a basement, even if it's currently an empty space with a concrete floor, bare walls ...

Q. I have a small house, 1000 square feet with a cement basement, walls, floor, all of it unfinished. The house has settled, so I am told, and therefore I get a flood from the egress window. The house ...

Boris Litvin kneels in his finished basement. The floor and walls were damaged in a flood caused by a washing machine install mishap, he said. Litvin points to an area that shows the floor separated ...

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